[R] Can someone please have a look at this query on stackoverflow?

[Ashim Kapoor]

Dear Bert,

Following your suggestion:

I checked my device resolution is : 1366 x 768 = 16:9

which is the same as is specified in the Rmd file.

I am out of ideas now. Any other idea?

Best Regards,
Ashim

On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:32 PM Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well, as no one else has offered an answer ...
>
> I haven't looked at this closely, but could it not simply be the case that the aspect ratio set by "Landscape Mode" just differs from that of your display device? -- i.e., it is impossible to have the figure displayed in landscape ratio *and* simultaneously fill your display device?
>
> If this is obviously wrong, feel free to ignore without replying.
>
> Cheers,
> Bert
>
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 8:48 PM Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor using gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear John,
>>
>> Many thanks for your reply.
>>
>> I wish 2 things :
>> 1. Landscape mode
>> 2. No wasted space on the sides when I maximise the pdf.
>>
>> When I download an open and maximise the pdf it wastes space. Please
>> see the attached screenshot.
>>
>> Query: When you maximise the PDF does it occupy the full screen ?
>>
>> Best,
>> Ashim
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 5:14 PM John Kane <jrkrideau using gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I ran the code from the answer and it seems to work well. It, definitely, is giving a landscape output.
>> >
>> > ---
>> > title: "Testing landscape and aspect ratio"
>> > output:
>> >   pdf_document:
>> >     number_sections: true
>> > classoption:
>> >   - landscape
>> >   - "aspectratio=169"
>> > header-includes:
>> >    - \usepackage{dcolumn}
>> > documentclass: article
>> > geometry: margin=1.5cm
>> > ---
>> >
>> > ```{r, out.extra='keepaspectratio=true', out.height='100%', out.width="100%"}
>> > plot(rnorm(100))
>> > ```
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 23:33, Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor using gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dear all,
>> >>
>> >> I have posted a query which has received a response but that is not
>> >> working on my computer.
>> >>
>> >> Here is the query:
>> >>
>> >> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77387434/pdf-from-rmarkdown-landscape-and-aspectratio-169
>> >>
>> >> Can someone please help me ?
>> >>
>> >> Best Regards,
>> >> Ashim
>> >>
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>> >
>> > --
>> > John Kane
>> > Kingston ON Canada
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