[R] recordPlot in 1.5.x, replayPlot in 1.6.0 problem

[Uwe Ligges]

Don MacQueen wrote:
> 
> I have plots that were stored using recordPlot() in a fairly recent
> but pre-1.6.0 version of R that will not replayPlot() in R 1.6.0. The
> error message is
>     Error in replayPlot(x) : invalid hex digit in color or lty
> 
> The plots were stored in June (2002-6-14), each as an element of a
> list named 'rpl'. The version of R that was current then is what I
> used. At that time I was able to re-display them.
> 
> Today, in R 1.6.0, when I try to re-display them, I get an error message:
> >  rpl[[1]]
> Error in replayPlot(x) : invalid hex digit in color or lty
> 
> The plots did have lines with col='blue' and lty=2 in them. This
> little snippet of code executed today works
>   > plot(1:5)
>   > lines(1:5,col='blue',lty=2)
>   > tmp <- recordPlot()
>   > tmp
> so there doesn't seem to be a problem if I work entirely within
> v1.6.0. Which suggests that the problem is in going from one version
> to the next.
> 
> >  version
>           _
> platform sparc-sun-solaris2.7
> arch     sparc
> os       solaris2.7
> system   sparc, solaris2.7
> status   Patched
> major    1
> minor    6.0
> year     2002
> month    10
> day      13
> language R


I have tested your example with R-1.3.1 (!), R-1.5.1 (record) and
R-1.6.0, R-1.6.1 (replay) --- with success.
So it is really of interest 
 a) to get a reproducable example and/or
 b) to know what "fairly recent" means.

Uwe Ligges
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