R help - Jan 2006 - example(plot) question

From Windows RGui, I tried:
example(plot)

This worked as expected except that the various plots write over top of each
other in the graphics window that is created.  I then discovered that graphics
history is not enabled during the example generation.

I used the graphics window menu to enable the history and repeated
example(plot), but this raises a couple of questions:

Is there a command line equivalent for activating plot history?  Is plot history
a par() or options() setting or is it intrinsic to an individual graphics
window?

Is there an argument to example() that enables plot history and/or wouldn't
it make sense to have this activated by default whenever an example() execution
creates plots?

I tried:

help.search('plot record')
help.search('plot history')
help.search('history recording')

without finding anything insightful to help with this topic, but I'm just
betting more than one of you knows what I should have typed or where I should
look<G>.

Thanks,

Rob
> version
         _              
platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch     i386           
os       mingw32        
system   i386, mingw32  
status                  
major    2              
minor    2.0            
year     2005           
month    10             
day      06             
svn rev  35749          
language R   
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You can either open a graphics device with history

windows(record = TRUE)

or open a graphics device and set par(ask=TRUE) to be asked for 
confirmation after each plot (as most demos do).

Finally, if you always want graphics recorded on a windows() device, use

options(graphics.record = TRUE)

as documented in ?windows.  (I am not sure how you would know about plot 
history without knowing that was the relevant device: e.g. both the rw-FAQ 
and the Windows README tell you.)


On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Robert W. Baer, Ph.D. wrote:
>> From Windows RGui, I tried:
> example(plot)
>
> This worked as expected except that the various plots write over top of 
> each other in the graphics window that is created.  I then discovered 
> that graphics history is not enabled during the example generation.
>
> I used the graphics window menu to enable the history and repeated 
> example(plot), but this raises a couple of questions:
>
> Is there a command line equivalent for activating plot history?  Is plot 
> history a par() or options() setting or is it intrinsic to an individual 
> graphics window?
>
> Is there an argument to example() that enables plot history and/or 
> wouldn't it make sense to have this activated by default whenever an 
> example() execution creates plots?
>
> I tried:
>
> help.search('plot record')
> help.search('plot history')
> help.search('history recording')
>
> without finding anything insightful to help with this topic, but I'm 
> just betting more than one of you knows what I should have typed or 
> where I should look<G>.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
>
>> version
>         _
> platform i386-pc-mingw32
> arch     i386
> os       mingw32
> system   i386, mingw32
> status
> major    2
> minor    2.0
> year     2005
> month    10
> day      06
> svn rev  35749
> language R
> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
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