On Mar 27, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Thomas Adams wrote: > John, > > Thanks for the suggestion, but no. I have even gone so far as to rebuild R > from source, re-booted my computer, and tried the 'experiment': > > require(stats) > plot(cars) > > immediately after starting R. Still the same result. I think it must be > related to some default Ubuntu Unity window manager default I can't sort > out.
Have your deleted the default workspace and history files? When they get corrupted, odd things can happen. > > Regards, > Tom > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:14 AM, John Kane <jrkrid...@inbox.com> wrote: > >> Any chance that you made an earlier call to par() resetting cex in your >> session? I just had that happen. >> >> John Kane >> Kingston ON Canada >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: tea...@gmail.com >>> Sent: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:15:33 -0400 >>> To: r-help@r-project.org >>> Subject: [R] Odd graphic device behavior >>> >>> I'm experiencing odd graphics device behavior running R 2.15.3 on Ubuntu. >>> Regardless of what I try like: >>> >>> require(stats) >>> plot(cars) >>> lines(lowess(cars)) >>> plot(sin, -pi, 2*pi) >>> >>> for example, the graphics device fills the entire screen with the graphic >>> and a very large font. When I shrink the graphics device window, the >>> lettering remains large and the line thicknesses stay quite thick. It may >>> have been some time since I have done any R work on my Ubuntu computer, >>> but >>> clearly this did not happen previously. >>> >>> Does anyone have any thoughts? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Tom >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on >> your desktop! >> Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium >> >> >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
