Sorry -- you do have to highlight the quartz window to use identify(), but that 
shouldn't matter either.

On Sep 18, 2011, at 2:41 PM, Don McKenzie wrote:

> 
> On Sep 18, 2011, at 2:15 PM, bby2...@columbia.edu wrote:
> 
>> Don and Duncan,
>> 
>> That function works, up to the same point where I can save pdf into Word 
>> using the menu. But when I use Identify function together with plot 
>> function, the Quartz window has to be closed before I can go back the 
>> console to execute "copy2eps" function.
>                                    **********************************
> This is indeed strange.  Running R 2.13.0 on mac SnowLeopard, with quartz 
> window manager
> 
> > plot(1,1)
> > identify(1,1)
> warning: no point within 0.25 inches
> [1] 1
> > dev.copy2eps(file="test.eps")
> quartz 
>      2 
> 
> The eps file shows up in my working directory just as it should.  There 
> should be no need to close the quartz window, 
> or even look at it for that matter.  Can you show us your session info?
> 
>> But by then, I don't have an active device anymore. So it beats the purpose.
>> 
>> Dan,
>> 
>> I'm using Word 2004. Upgrading Word is an idea. I will definitely look into 
>> it, although I didn't think those who didn't have this problem necessarily 
>> had a higher version of Word.
>> 
>> Bonnie Yuan
>> 
>> Quoting Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>:
>> 
>>> On 11-09-18 4:53 PM, Don McKenzie wrote:
>>>> I think it's actually dev.copy2eps()
>>>> 
>>>> or at least that one works.
>>> 
>>> Right, sorry.
>>> 
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 18-Sep-11, at 1:51 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 11-09-18 4:11 PM, bby2...@columbia.edu wrote:
>>>>>> Yes, I'm positive I had the right window highlighted, and I have
>>>>>> shown
>>>>>> this problem to lots of people including tech staff, to get no
>>>>>> answers. So I suspect it's probably a somewhat obscure problem.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Duncan, thanks for the lead on the new group. I will follow up on
>>>>>> that. What is the copy2eps? Is it to Excel? Do you get that option
>>>>>> in R?
>>>>> 
>>>>> copy2eps() is a function in R.  Try ?copy2eps for details.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Bonnie Yuan.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Quoting Duncan Murdoch<murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 11-09-18 3:48 PM, Don McKenzie wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 18-Sep-11, at 12:38 PM, bby2...@columbia.edu wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> This is has been bugging me for a long time. Nobody around me
>>>>>>>>> seems
>>>>>>>>> to have this problem. I hope someone on the forum could help me.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> When I generate a R graph and want to bring the image into Word. I
>>>>>>>>> cannot copy and paste it like many of my classmates can do. The
>>>>>>>>> "Select" in Edit menu have all options grayed out.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> You want "Copy", not "Select".  Then Paste into your word
>>>>>>>> processor.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> That doesn't work for me with OpenOffice (I don't have Word).
>>>>>>> copy2eps(file="some.eps") does work, along with Insert | Picture
>>>>>>> | From
>>>>>>> file...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> So what I ended up doing is to save it as pdf file and bring it
>>>>>>>>> into Word. But if I use "Identify" in the Plot statement, there
>>>>>>>>> will be values labels on the graph when you click on the
>>>>>>>>> observation. For some reason, these labels don't show up in the
>>>>>>>>> pdf
>>>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> They did show up with copy2eps().  I didn't try copy2pdf(); my
>>>>>>> copy of
>>>>>>> OpenOffice doesn't recognize .pdf as a picture type.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> But Bonnie will probably get a better answer on the R-sig-mac list.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> So the last resort I have is prinscreen, which always have
>>>>>>>>> irrelevant things showing.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I've tried updating R/OS and all softwares on my MAC, but nothing
>>>>>>>>> seems to do anything. I have OX 10.6.8. Does this problem sound
>>>>>>>>> familiar to anyone?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Bonnie Yuan
>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> To the left, closest to the heart, is the spirit
>>>>>>>> To the right, far away from the heart, is the science
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>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Don McKenzie, Research Ecologist
>>>>>>>> Pacific WIldland Fire Sciences Lab
>>>>>>>> US Forest Service
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Affiliate Professor
>>>>>>>> School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment
>>>>>>>> CSES Climate Impacts Group
>>>>>>>> University of Washington
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Don McKenzie, Research Ecologist
>>>> Pacific WIldland Fire Sciences Lab
>>>> US Forest Service
>>>> 
>>>> Affiliate Professor
>>>> School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment
>>>> CSES Climate Impacts Group
>>>> University of Washington
>>>> 
>>>> phone: 206-732-7824
>>>> d...@uw.edu
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Don McKenzie, Research Ecologist
> Pacific WIldland Fire Sciences Lab
> US Forest Service
> 
> Affiliate Professor
> School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment
> CSES Climate Impacts Group
> University of Washington
> 
> phone: 206-732-7824
> d...@uw.edu
> 
> 
> 

Don McKenzie, Research Ecologist
Pacific WIldland Fire Sciences Lab
US Forest Service

Affiliate Professor
School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment
CSES Climate Impacts Group
University of Washington

phone: 206-732-7824
d...@uw.edu




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