R devel - Apr 2007 - issue with pdf(paper="a4") in 2.5.0 alpha

In the latest windows binary (2007-04-03 r41023) pdf() with an argument
paper="a4" gives an error, this was still ok in (2007-03-18 r40854)

Jan Oosting
 
> pdf("test.pdf",paper="a4")
Error in pdf("test.pdf", paper = "a4") : invalid paper type
'a4' (pdf)
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.5.0 alpha (2007-04-03 r41023) 
i386-pc-mingw32 
locale:
LC_COLLATE=Dutch_Netherlands.1252;LC_CTYPE=Dutch_Netherlands.1252;LC_MONETARY=Dutch_Netherlands.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=Dutch_Netherlands.1252
attached base packages:
[1] "stats"     "graphics"  "grDevices"
"utils"     "datasets"  "methods"
[7] "base"     
> 
 

 



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Thank you, Jan, for the report.

There was bug and that has been fixed in the mean time (not by me).
We (the development team) are very glad for everyone who uses R
2.5.0 alpha (soon "beta") and tells about any strange /
incompatible behavior {well, after having read 'NEWS'}.

Martin
>>>>> "JanO" ==   <J.Oosting at lumc.nl>
>>>>>     on Thu, 5 Apr 2007 12:53:33 +0200 writes:
    JanO> In the latest windows binary (2007-04-03 r41023) pdf()
    JanO> with an argument paper="a4" gives an error, this was
    JanO> still ok in (2007-03-18 r40854) Jan Oosting
 
    >> pdf("test.pdf",paper="a4")

    JanO> Error in pdf("test.pdf", paper = "a4") :
invalid paper type 'a4' (pdf)

    >> sessionInfo()
    JanO> R version 2.5.0 alpha (2007-04-03 r41023)
    JanO> i386-pc-mingw32 locale:
    JanO>
LC_COLLATE=Dutch_Netherlands.1252;LC_CTYPE=Dutch_Netherlands.1252;LC_MONETARY=Dutch_Netherlands.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=Dutch_Netherlands.1252
    JanO> attached base packages: [1] "stats" "graphics"
    JanO> "grDevices" "utils" "datasets"
"methods" [7] "base"
    >>

 

 



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