lwd -- for PostScript -- only in very recent snapshots

Martin Maechler
1998-06-05T06:35:08Z

>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Simpson
<wsimpson@uwinnipeg.ca> writes:

    Bill> I am using [1] "Unstable-snapshot"

    Bill> $status.rev [1] "0"
    Bill> $major [1] "0"
    Bill> $minor [1] "62.0"
    Bill> $year [1] "1998"
    Bill> $month [1] "April"
    Bill> $day [1] "12"

    Bill> If I do: plot(x,y, type="l") par(lwd=4) lines(tt,pts)

    Bill> The 2nd curve does appear to be heavy (correct line width) in X11
    Bill> window, however saved plot (dev.print) uses just single pixel
    Bill> line width (as seen when viewed in ghostview or when printed
    Bill> out).

    Bill> So if lwd is supposed to work in version .62.0, then there is a
    Bill> bug.  Or else I need a newer snapshot.
			^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
exactly.  "lwd" for PostScript only works for a week or so:

On May 27, Paul Murrell wrote to  R-core

  PM> The Postscript device driver has been modified so that it now takes
  PM> notice of the current line width
  PM>
  PM> Also, the line texture specification (or line type) is now scaled for
  PM> the current line width for both X11 and PostScript graphics
  PM>
  PM> the best way to see the difference is to do
  PM>
  PM> 	plot(1:10, lty=3, lwd=3, type="l")  # to see X11 version
  PM> 	dev.print() # to get postscript version