[R] dev.print

[Scott Bartell]

Thanks for the explanation.  I actually had read the help page for
dev.print after finding this statement in the Defunct help page (while
searching for savePlot):

     The new function `dev.print()' should now be used for saving plots
     to a file or printing them.

Personally I didn't find the documentation very helpful for using
dev.print to save plots.  "The plot dimensions will be taken from the
current device" suggested to me that the saved image would be the same
size as the screen image.

Scott

On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 03:31, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> dev.print is designed for *print* devices which compute sizes in inches.
> The help says
> 
>      'dev.print' is most useful for producing a postscript print (its
>      default) when the following applies.  Unless 'file' is specified,
>      the plot will be printed.  Unless 'width', 'height' and
>      'pointsize' are specified the plot dimensions will be taken from
>      the current device, shrunk if necessary to fit on the paper.
>      ...
> 
> So you asked for a plot of about 7 x 7, and jpeg expected points.  Moral: 
> read the help page and specify width and height if it is not what you 
> expected.