R devel - Jun 2004 - Re: [R] Printing Lattice Graphs from Windows (PR#6947)

I agree:  It sounds like a  bug, as you said, Irk, in that 
Rgui.exe cannot copy a metafile to the clipboard, at least under MS 
Windows 2000, 5.00.2195, Service Pack 3, even though Rterm.exe can.  
Therefore, I'm including "r-bugs@biostat.ku.dk" in the list of
addresses
to this email. 

      Spencer Graves

Irk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 12:26:45PM -0700, Spencer Graves wrote:
>  
>
>>     Using R 1.9.1 alpha via XEmacs with ESS under Windows 2000, I did 
>>the following: 
>>
>>     library(lattice)
>>     xyplot(1~1)
>>
>>     I got the plot in a separate window, from which I did File ->
Copy
>>to the clipboard -> as a metafile.  I then changed to MS Word, and it
>>pasted fine. 
>>    
>>
>
>Ok.
> 
>  
>
>>     When I started R 1.9.1 alpha directly (without XEmacs) and tried 
>>the same thing, I got a standard lattice plot.  However, when I tried 
>>File -> Copy to the clipboard -> as a metafile, I got a blank plot
when
>>copying into MS Word.  When I copied as a bitmap, it came through fine.
>>However, I suspect that is unacceptable. 
>>    
>>
>
>Not ok. 
>
>But isn't it a bug in the windows version of R if the Rgui.exe cannot
copy
>to the clipboard where Rterm.exe can?
>
>I may be missing some subtle detail, though... 
>
>Irk
>
>  
>

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 spencer.graves@pdf.com wrote:
>       I agree:  It sounds like a  bug, as you said, Irk, in that 
> Rgui.exe cannot copy a metafile to the clipboard, at least under MS 
> Windows 2000, 5.00.2195, Service Pack 3, even though Rterm.exe can.  
Please send reproducible code to back that up.  I don't believe it is 
anything to do with Rterm.exe vs Rgui.exe, as the phenomenon seems to 
occur randomly under either.  I tested 1.9.0 and 1.9.1 alpha 
(2004-06-06).

Note also that this seems only to occur for grid and lattice plots, and
happens (when it happens) when copying to at least metafile and pdf
devices.

> Therefore, I'm including "r-bugs@biostat.ku.dk" in the list
of addresses
> to this email. 
> 
>       Spencer Graves
> 
> Irk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 12:26:45PM -0700, Spencer Graves wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>     Using R 1.9.1 alpha via XEmacs with ESS under Windows 2000, I
did
Which day's `R 1.9.1 alpha'?
> >>the following: 
> >>
> >>     library(lattice)
> >>     xyplot(1~1)
> >>
> >>     I got the plot in a separate window, from which I did File
-> Copy
> >>to the clipboard -> as a metafile.  I then changed to MS Word,
and it
> >>pasted fine. 
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Ok.
> > 
> >  
> >
> >>     When I started R 1.9.1 alpha directly (without XEmacs) and
tried
> >>the same thing, I got a standard lattice plot.  However, when I
tried
> >>File -> Copy to the clipboard -> as a metafile, I got a blank
plot when
> >>copying into MS Word.  When I copied as a bitmap, it came through
fine.
> >>However, I suspect that is unacceptable. 
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Not ok. 
> >
> >But isn't it a bug in the windows version of R if the Rgui.exe
cannot copy
> >to the clipboard where Rterm.exe can?
> >
> >I may be missing some subtle detail, though... 
> >
> >Irk
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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