[R] multiple plots problem

Duncan Murdoch dmurdoch at pair.com
Thu Apr 1 18:48:03 CEST 2004


On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:48:11 +0400 (MSD), Oleg Bartunov
<oleg at sai.msu.su> wrote :

>On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

>> In Windows you can record all plots by using the record=TRUE option
>> when you open the graphics display, or from the menu on the display
>> window.  You cycle back through the history by hitting the PgUp key.
>>
>> You're using X11, so you might need to save your plots explicitly
>> using recordPlot() and then use replayPlot() to see it again (but your
>> front-end might provide access to them more easily, the way Windows
>> does).
>
>Thanks, looks like too much work :( I just don't understand a logic
>why I can't recycle canvas.

PgUp isn't a lot of work.  If you choose to use an OS where most users
prefer the command line, then you should expect to do more typing.
(But I bet some other front-ends support something like PgUp, I just
don't know which, because I don't use them.)

Duncan Murdoch




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