[R] multiple graphics windows open with sessionInfo

[Uwe Ligges]

On 29.07.2010 23:29, Erin Hodgess wrote:
> Dear R People:
>
> Hello again.  I'm trying to have 3 graphics windows visible
> simultaneously.  I set up a zoo series.
> Then I plot the original series.  I use the locator function to select
> 2 values from the original series, which generates a subset of the
> original series.
>
> Next, I plot the subset.
>
> The last step is to produce an EWMA chart from the subset series.
>
> Fair enough.  I've tried all sort of things, but can only have 2
> graphics windows open with "stuff" in them.  If I go into the blank
> window and maximize it, then it appears.  But other than that, it does
> not.
>
>
>> xdate<- seq(as.Date("1998-01-01"),as.Date("2010-06-30"),by="day")
>> length(xdate)
> [1] 4564
>> xt<- zoo(rnorm(4564),order=xdate)
>> #Here is the function itself:
>> eplot
> function (x)
> {
>      require(zoo)
>      require(qcc)
>      windows()
>      plot(x)
>      z<- locator(2,type="l",col="red")
>      windows()
>      plot(window(x, start = min(z$x), end = max(z$x)))
>      windows()
>      ewma(window(x, start = min(z$x), end = max(z$x)))
>      dev.set(3)
>   plot(window(x, start = min(z$x), end = max(z$x)))




Erin,

actually, I do not udnerstand what you want to achieve with the last two 
lines of the function.
Particularly note that dev.set(3) does only work if you have a certain 
amount of open devices once you call the function.

Best,
Uwe


> }
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31)
> i386-pc-mingw32
>
> locale:
> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252  LC_CTYPE=English_United
> States.1252    LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] qcc_2.0.1   zoo_1.6-3   proto_0.3-8
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] dynlm_0.2-3       grid_2.11.1       lattice_0.18-8
> strucchange_1.4-0 tcltk_2.11.1      tools_2.11.1      traitr_0.7
>>
>
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Erin
>
>