R help - Dec 2000 - Is this a bug? Having cex!=1 before setting par(mai=) gives strange line spacings.

width <- 7
height <- 5

# create whatever device type
# and have cex=1 before setting par(mai=)
windows(width=width, height=height, rescale="R")
oldmai <- par("mai")
par(cex=1)
par(mai=oldmai)
plot.new()
par(usr=c(0,2,0,2))
par(cex=2)
par1 <- par()
text(1,1,"there is hardly anything i know for sure\nneither of the future
nor of the past\nnor should i know what to ask\nif the person answering was
you\n\n(Ernst Jandl, stanzen)")

dev.off()

# now set cex != 1 before setting par(mai=)
# shouldn't change anything but does change line spacing
windows(width=width, height=height, rescale="R")
par(cex=2)
par(mai=oldmai)
plot.new()
par(usr=c(0,2,0,2))
par(cex=2)
par1 <- par()
text(1,1,"there is hardly anything i know for sure\nneither of the future
nor of the past\nnor should i know what to ask\nif the person answering was
you\n\n(Ernst Jandl, stanzen)")

dev.off()

> windows(width=width, height=height, rescale="R")
> 
> ## changing par(cex=) alone does NOT change par("csi")
> par(cex=1)
> par1 <- par()
> par(cex=2)
> par2 <- par()
> all.equal(par1, par2)
[1] "Component cex: Mean relative  difference:
1"
> par1$cex
[1] 1
> par2$cex
[1] 2
> 
> ## changing par(cex=) and par(mai=) DOES change par("csi")
> par(cex=1)
> par(mai=oldmai)
> par1 <- par()
> par(cex=2)
> par(mai=oldmai)
> par2 <- par()
> all.equal(par1, par2)
[1] "Component cex: Mean relative  difference: 1"  
[2] "Component csi: Mean relative  difference: 1"  
[3] "Component mar: Mean relative  difference:
0.5"
> par1$cex
[1] 1
> par2$cex
[1] 2
> par1$csi
[1] 0.1875
> par2$csi
[1] 0.375
> par1$mar
[1] 5.1 4.1 4.1 2.1
> par2$mar
[1] 2.55 2.05 2.05 1.05


Regards

Jens Oehlschlaegel
(Research Consultant)

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Version:
 platform = i386-pc-mingw32
 arch = x86
 os = Win32
 system = x86, Win32
 status = 
 major = 1
 minor = 2.0
 year = 2000
 month = 12
 day = 15
 language = R

Windows NT 4.0 (build 1381) Service Pack 6

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, package:ctest, Autoloads, package:base

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