[R] Multiple graph pages

Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Mon Feb 11 19:28:31 CET 2002


On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 zeng_li at willis.com wrote:

> Dear R users:
>
> I am a relatively experienced Splus user but new to R, using the version
> for Windows 2000.
>
> Splus allows the user to generate multiple graph pages in the graph window.
> For example, if you have two plot(...) commands in the script than two
> pages in the graph window will be created. However, when I tried this in R,
> the second plot will just overwrite the first plot in the graph window.
> Could you tell me how to let R create multiple pages in the graph window?
> Please note that I am not talking about creating multiple plots in the same
> page of the graph window...

1) Only the graphsheet device on S-PLUS *for Windows* does this.

2) R under Windows has a history mechanism to enable you to page back and
forth between plots.

> Thanks very much in advance for any help that you might be able to offer!

3) If you want S-PLUS features, why not use S-PLUS?  R is written by a
team of volunteers, and you get what you pay for ....

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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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