[R] handle graph size in eps

[Prof Brian Ripley]

See the help for argument 'paper' in ?postscript

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Benoit Boulinguiez wrote:

> Sorry for the lack of information.
>
> I'm indeed under Windows. I indeed used the menu "save as" in the graph
> window.
>
> The matter with the eps obtained was the width of the graph which is lower
> than what I had on the screen or what I got when I saved it as a JPEG file.
>
> I tried the "postscript" command
>
> postscript("test.eps",width=14,height=6)
> print.it=TRUE
> {
> #windows(width=6,height=6)
> par	(
> 	fin=c(6,6)
> 	,mai=c(1,1,0.5,0.5)
> 	,mfrow=c(1,2)
> 	,cex.axis=1.5
> 	,cex.lab=1.5)
>
> dens<-density(DATA1.y[2,]-mean(DATA1.y[2,]),kernel="gaussian")
>
> xlimit<-range(dens$x)
> ylimit<-range(dens$y)
>
> hist(
> 	DATA1.y[2,]-mean(DATA1.y[2,])
> 	,xlim=1.1*xlimit
> 	,xlab=expression(q[e])
> 	,ylim=1.1*ylimit
> 	,probability=T
> 	,main="Random distribution around y")
> lines(dens,col=2,lwd=2)
> qqnorm(DATA1.x[1,])
> }
> dev.off()
> rm(dens,xlimit,ylimit)
>
>
> I barely managed to get the ratio I want for the graph
> http://www.4shared.com/file/90339223/5a3239fc/test.html
> But still when I change the width in the poscript command from 12" to 20"
> for instance, it doesn't change anything... why?
>
> BTW how do I stop the pipe between a poscript file and R without closing R?
>
>
> Regards/Cordialement
>
>
> Benoit Boulinguiez
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
> Envoyé : lundi 2 mars 2009 11:25
> À : Benoit Boulinguiez
> Cc : r-help at r-project.org
> Objet : Re: [R] handle graph size in eps
>
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Benoit Boulinguiez wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've got a density graph made with the following commands:
>>
>> win.graph(width=13,height=6)
>
> The preferred name is windows().
>
>> par (
>> fin=c(13,3)
>> ,mai=c(1,1,0.5,0.5)
>> ,mfrow=c(1,2)
>> ,cex.axis=1.5
>> ,cex.lab=1.5)
>>
>> dens<-density(DATA1.y[2,]-mean(DATA1.y[2,]),kernel="gaussian")
>>
>> xlimit<-range(dens$x)
>> ylimit<-range(dens$y)
>> hist(
>> DATA1.y[2,]-mean(DATA1.y[2,])
>> ,xlim=1.1*xlimit
>> ,xlab=expression(q[e])
>> ,ylim=1.1*ylimit
>> ,probability=T
>> ,main="Random distribution around y")
>> lines(dens,col=2,)
>> rm(dens,xlimit,ylimit)
>>
>> qqnorm(DATA1.x[1,])
>>
>> that's what I've on the screen and I'm OK with that.
>> http://www.4shared.com/file/90283562/9f27d83b/screen.html
>>
>> When I save the graph in eps format
>
> How exactly?  I know at least three ways to do that.  I am guessing that as
> you didn't tell us you were on Windows, you also didn't tell us that you
> used the menu on the windows() device, but these details do matter.
>
>> I've got that
>> http://www.4shared.com/file/90283115/490b7383/density_v_1.html
>>
>> what am I doing wrong?
>
> Not telling us what you don't like about this plot.
>
> I think you should consider using dev.copy2eps(), which will give you more
> control.  Or even better, calling postscript() directly.
>
> --
> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
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