R devel - Jul 2006 - documentation for argument to screen (PR#9085)

Full_Name: Doug Grove
Version: 2.3.1 patched  (2006-07-03 r38485)
OS: Windows
Submission from: (NULL) (24.19.37.159)


A msg. to R-help prompted me to read the help page for split.screen/screen,
etc.
I understand what the function is for, but could not find information that
described how the argument 'n' in screen/erase.screen/close.screen is
mapped to
the regions on the device.  All we are told is e.g. screen(1) prepares the first
region for plotting - but which region is region 1??  Obviously this can be
figured out by playing around with the function, but a description of how the
regions are numbered would make a nice addition.

Thanks!
Doug

Patch, please ....

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, dgrove at fhcrc.org wrote:
> Full_Name: Doug Grove
> Version: 2.3.1 patched  (2006-07-03 r38485)
> OS: Windows
> Submission from: (NULL) (24.19.37.159)
> 
> 
> A msg. to R-help prompted me to read the help page for split.screen/screen,
> etc.
> I understand what the function is for, but could not find information that
> described how the argument 'n' in screen/erase.screen/close.screen
is mapped to
> the regions on the device.  All we are told is e.g. screen(1) prepares the
first
> region for plotting - but which region is region 1??  Obviously this can be
> figured out by playing around with the function, but a description of how
the
> regions are numbered would make a nice addition.
> 
> Thanks!
> Doug
> 
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