I find that if start R-2.6.0 in a workspace with no .RData file,
load one of my workspaces from R-2.5.1 or earlier into R-2.6.0,
and then before doing anything else type postscript(file="z.ps"),
I get::
> ls()
character(0)
> load(url("http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm/r/test5.RData"))
> postscript(file="z.ps")
Error in postscript(file = "z.ps") : Invalid font type
In addition: Warning messages:
1: closing unused connection 3
(gzcon(http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm/r/test5.RData)
)
2: In postscript(file = "z.ps") :
font family not found in PostScript font database
3: In postscript(file = "z.ps") :
font family not found in PostScript font database
Or R may be started in a workspace with such a .RData file,
or with a .RData file from R-2.5.1 or earlier.
This behavior persists even if I take such an image file, load it,
clear the workspace, and save it. An instance of such a .RData
file has the url:
http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm//r/test5.RData
It makes no difference whether I load the file into R-2.6.0
on a MacOS X or Windows system, or whether I use the current
R-patched (2007-10-27 r43288). I do not know whether the
source of the original .RData file matters, or how it may depend
on what I have done in that earlier workspace.
For moving my .RData files across without messing up use of
postscript() [or pdf()], a workaround is to dump the contents of the
earlier workspace, then start R in a working directory whose
.RData file, if any, has the proper R-2.6.0 pedigree, and source
the dumped file. I do not want to have to directly run the function
that creates the database each time I start a session.
Has anyone else hit this?
John Maindonald email: john.maindonald at anu.edu.au
phone : +61 2 (6125)3473 fax : +61 2(6125)5549
Centre for Mathematics & Its Applications, Room 1194,
John Dedman Mathematical Sciences Building (Building 27)
Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200.
John Maindonald wrote:> I find that if start R-2.6.0 in a workspace with no .RData file, > load one of my workspaces from R-2.5.1 or earlier into R-2.6.0, > and then before doing anything else type postscript(file="z.ps"), > I get:: > > > ls() > character(0) > > load(url("http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm/r/test5.RData")) > > postscript(file="z.ps") > Error in postscript(file = "z.ps") : Invalid font type > In addition: Warning messages: > 1: closing unused connection 3 (gzcon(http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm/r/test5.RData) > ) > 2: In postscript(file = "z.ps") : > font family not found in PostScript font database > 3: In postscript(file = "z.ps") : > font family not found in PostScript font database > > Or R may be started in a workspace with such a .RData file, > or with a .RData file from R-2.5.1 or earlier. > > This behavior persists even if I take such an image file, load it, > clear the workspace, and save it. An instance of such a .RData > file has the url: > http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm//r/test5.RData > > It makes no difference whether I load the file into R-2.6.0 > on a MacOS X or Windows system, or whether I use the current > R-patched (2007-10-27 r43288). I do not know whether the > source of the original .RData file matters, or how it may depend > on what I have done in that earlier workspace. > > For moving my .RData files across without messing up use of > postscript() [or pdf()], a workaround is to dump the contents of the > earlier workspace, then start R in a working directory whose > .RData file, if any, has the proper R-2.6.0 pedigree, and source > the dumped file. I do not want to have to directly run the function > that creates the database each time I start a session. > > Has anyone else hit this? >I get a slightly different scenario:>RR version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03) ....> load(url("http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm/r/test5.RData")) > postscript(file="z.ps")Error in postscript(file = "z.ps") : failed to load encoding In addition: Warning message: In postscript(file = "z.ps") : failed to load encoding file 'macRoman'> ls(all=T)[1] ".Last.projection" ".Last.value" ".PostScript.Options" [4] ".Provided" ".Random.seed" ".Traceback" [7] ".call" ".ess.lvsave" ".formula" [10] ".map.range" ".rdired.objects" ".required" [13] ".rpart.parms.2" ".rpart.parms.3" ".rpart.parms.4" [16] ".rpart.parms.5"> rm(.PostScript.Options) > postscript(file="z.ps") >You might try and do likewise -p -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard ?ster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907