R help - May 2018 - why the length and width of a plot region produced by the dev.new() function cannot be correctly set?

When I check the size of the plot region usingdev.size("in")a new plot
region is produced and in the Rconsole I get[1] 5.333333 5.322917If I mean to
produce a plot region with size setting bydev.new(length=3,width=3)a plot region
is produced, but the size is [2.281250, 5.322917], as detected by the de.size
function. If I type:dev.new(length=10,width=10)I get a plot region of with the
size of [7.614583, 5.322917]. It seems that the width of the new plot region
cannot be set, and tt is always 5.322917. The length of the new plot region can
be set, but it is always smaller that the values I set.What do I miss? What is
the correct way of setting the dimension of the new plot region? I will be
grateful to any help.Best regards,

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> On May 3, 2018, at 6:28 PM, sunyeping via R-help <r-help at
r-project.org> wrote:
> 
> When I check the size of the plot region usingdev.size("in")a new
plot region is produced and in the Rconsole I get[1] 5.333333 5.322917
Your test is all mangleed together. You failed in your duty to read the list
info and the Posting guide . NO HTML!
> If I mean to produce a plot region with size setting
bydev.new(length=3,width=3)a plot region is produced, but the size is [2.281250,
5.322917], as detected by the de.size function. If I
type:dev.new(length=10,width=10)I get a plot region of with the size of
[7.614583, 5.322917]. It seems that the width of the new plot region cannot be
set, and tt is always 5.322917. The length of the new plot region can be set,
but it is always smaller that the values I set.What do I miss? What is the
correct way of setting the dimension of the new plot region? I will be grateful
to any help.Best regards,
The size of the device is not the size of the plot region. You need to take into
account the margins. See ?par

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------------------------------------------------------------------From:David
Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>Send Time:2018 May 4 (Fri)
13:25To:??? <sunyeping at aliyun.com>Cc:R Help Mailing List <r-help at
r-project.org>Subject:Re: [R] why the length and width of a plot region
produced by the dev.new() function cannot be correctly set?
>?On?May?3,?2018,?at?6:28?PM,?sunyeping?via?R-help?<r-help at
r-project.org>?wrote:
>?
>?When?I?check?the?size?of?the?plot?region?usingdev.size("in")a?new?plot?region?is?produced?and?in?the?Rconsole?I?get[1]?5.333333?5.322917
Your?test?is?all?mangleed?together.?You?failed?in?your?duty?to?read?the?list?info?and?the?Posting?guide?.?NO?HTML!
>?If?I?mean?to?produce?a?plot?region?with?size?setting?bydev.new(length=3,width=3)a?plot?region?is?produced,?but?the?size?is?[2.281250,?5.322917],?as?detected?by?the?de.size?function.?If?I?type:dev.new(length=10,width=10)I?get?a?plot?region?of?with?the?size?of?[7.614583,?5.322917].?It?seems?that?the?width?of?the?new?plot?region?cannot?be?set,?and?tt?is?always?5.322917.?The?length?of?the?new?plot?region?can?be?set,?but?it?is?always?smaller?that?the?values?I?set.What?do?I?miss??What?is?the?correct?way?of?setting?the?dimension?of?the?new?plot?region??I?will?be?grateful?to?any?help.Best?regards,
The?size?of?the?device?is?not?the?size?of?the?plot?region.?You?need?to?take?into?account?the?margins.?See??par
Thank you, David.I have read the par() document. Clearly the size of the plot
region is smaller than or equal to the divice size. However, if I produce a
graphic device with dev.new (length, width) or other functions, I find the
largest ?width of the new device is always 5.3 inches whatever the values I set,
and the length of it is alway smaller than what I set. Could you tell me how to
produce a graphic divice with correct size that I set? I need this function
because the graphic divice cannot accomendate all of the graph I make with some
of plot tools such as ggtree. In ggtree plot, part of the tree tips label are
invisible (https://www.dropbox.com/s/87gyusx7ay1xxu8/tree.pdf?dl=0) even I set
"par(mar=rep(0,4))". So I think I must plot the tree on a larger
graphic device. ?Best regards.?

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But:
> dev.new(height=10,width=10)
> dev.size('in')
[1] 10 10

Whereas
> dev.new(length=10,width=10)
> dev.size('in')
[1] 10  7

Obviously, because height was not specified, some default calculation was used
to set the height. And length was ignored.

And thanks to Duncan Murdoch for pointing out that the correct arguments are
height and width, not length and width.

And, yes, please send plain text email to R-help. Sending HTML email reduces the
likelihood anyone will actually read your email.

-Don

--
Don MacQueen
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Ave., L-627
Livermore, CA 94550
925-423-1062
Lab cell 925-724-7509
 
 

?On 5/3/18, 6:28 PM, "R-help on behalf of sunyeping via R-help"
<r-help-bounces at r-project.org on behalf of r-help at r-project.org>
wrote:

    When I check the size of the plot region usingdev.size("in")a new
plot region is produced and in the Rconsole I get[1] 5.333333 5.322917If I mean
to produce a plot region with size setting bydev.new(length=3,width=3)a plot
region is produced, but the size is [2.281250, 5.322917], as detected by the
de.size function. If I type:dev.new(length=10,width=10)I get a plot region of
with the size of [7.614583, 5.322917]. It seems that the width of the new plot
region cannot be set, and tt is always 5.322917. The length of the new plot
region can be set, but it is always smaller that the values I set.What do I
miss? What is the correct way of setting the dimension of the new plot region? I
will be grateful to any help.Best regards,
    
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    R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
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    and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

------------------------------------------------------------------From:Duncan
Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>Send Time:2018 May 4 (Fri)
17:24To:??? <sunyeping at aliyun.com>; David Winsemius <dwinsemius at
comcast.net>Cc:R Help Mailing List <r-help at r-project.org>Subject:Re:
[R] why the length and width of a plot region produced by the dev.new() function
cannot be correctly set?
On?04/05/2018?3:04?AM,?sunyeping?via?R-help?wrote:
>?
>?------------------------------------------------------------------From:David?Winsemius?<dwinsemius
at comcast.net>Send?Time:2018?May?4?(Fri)?13:25To:????<sunyeping at
aliyun.com>Cc:R?Help?Mailing?List?<r-help at
r-project.org>Subject:Re:?[R]?why?the?length?and?width?of?a?plot?region?produced?by?the?dev.new()?function?cannot?be?correctly?set?
>?
>>???On?May?3,?2018,?at?6:28?PM,?sunyeping?via?R-help?<r-help at
r-project.org>?wrote:
>>???
>>???When?I?check?the?size?of?the?plot?region?usingdev.size("in")a?new?plot?region?is?produced?and?in?the?Rconsole?I?get[1]?5.333333?5.322917
>?
>?Your?test?is?all?mangleed?together.?You?failed?in?your?duty?to?read?the?list?info?and?the?Posting?guide?.?NO?HTML!
>?
>>???If?I?mean?to?produce?a?plot?region?with?size?setting?bydev.new(length=3,width=3)a?plot?region?is?produced,?but?the?size?is?[2.281250,?5.322917],?as?detected?by?the?de.size?function.?If?I?type:dev.new(length=10,width=10)I?get?a?plot?region?of?with?the?size?of?[7.614583,?5.322917].?It?seems?that?the?width?of?the?new?plot?region?cannot?be?set,?and?tt?is?always?5.322917.?The?length?of?the?new?plot?region?can?be?set,?but?it?is?always?smaller?that?the?values?I?set.What?do?I?miss??What?is?the?correct?way?of?setting?the?dimension?of?the?new?plot?region??I?will?be?grateful?to?any?help.Best?regards,
>?
>?The?size?of?the?device?is?not?the?size?of?the?plot?region.?You?need?to?take?into?account?the?margins.?See??par
>?Thank?you,?David.I?have?read?the?par()?document.?Clearly?the?size?of?the?plot?region?is?smaller?than?or?equal?to?the?divice?size.?However,?if?I?produce?a?graphic?device?with?dev.new?(length,?width)?or?other?functions,?I?find?the?largest??width?of?the?new?device?is?always?5.3?inches?whatever?the?values?I?set,?and?the?length?of?it?is?alway?smaller?than?what?I?set.
The?length?and?width?aren't?the?first?and?second?parameters?for?any?
device,?and?length?isn't?a?parameter?at?all.??Try

dev.new(height?=?10,?width?=?10)

and?you?should?get?a?bigger?device?if?it?will?fit?on?your?screen.??If?it?
won't?fit,?then?you?might?get?a?smaller?one,?and?you'll?need?to?choose?a?
non-screen?device?such?as?png()?or?pdf()?instead?of?the?default?device.

Duncan?Murdoch

??Could?you?tell?me?how?to?produce?a?graphic?divice?with?correct?size?
that?I?set??I?need?this?function?because?the?graphic?divice?cannot?
accomendate?all?of?the?graph?I?make?with?some?of?plot?tools?such?as?
ggtree.?In?ggtree?plot,?part?of?the?tree?tips?label?are?invisible?
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/87gyusx7ay1xxu8/tree.pdf?dl=0)?even?I?set?
"par(mar=rep(0,4))".?So?I?think?I?must?plot?the?tree?on?a?larger?graphic?
device.??Best?regards.
>?
>?
>>???
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>>???https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>???PLEASE?do?read?the?posting?guide?http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>???and?provide?commented,?minimal,?self-contained,?reproducible?code.
>?
>?David?Winsemius
>?Alameda,?CA,?USA
>?
>?'Any?technology?distinguishable?from?magic?is?insufficiently?advanced.'???-Gehm's?Corollary?to?Clarke's?Third?Law
>?
>?
>?
>?
>?
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>?
"dev.new(height?=?10,?width?=?10) " doesn't work neither. It
produces a device with a size of [?5.760417, 5.750000]. My computer is a usual
14 inch thankpad labtop. Is 5 ~ inches really the up limit of the size of the R
graphic device in computer screen? I doubt it.
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On 05/05/2018 11:33 AM, ??? wrote:
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> From:Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
> Send Time:2018 May 4 (Fri) 17:24
> To:??? <sunyeping at aliyun.com>; David Winsemius <dwinsemius at
comcast.net>
> Cc:R Help Mailing List <r-help at r-project.org>
> Subject:Re: [R] why the length and width of a plot region produced by 
> the dev.new() function cannot be correctly set?
> 
> On?04/05/2018?3:04?AM,?sunyeping?via?R-help?wrote:
>  >
> 
>?------------------------------------------------------------------From:David?Winsemius?<dwinsemius
at comcast.net>Send?Time:2018?May?4?(Fri)?13:25To:????<sunyeping at
aliyun.com>Cc:R?Help?Mailing?List?<r-help at
r-project.org>Subject:Re:?[R]?why?the?length?and?width?of?a?plot?region?produced?by?the?dev.new()?function?cannot?be?correctly?set?
>  >
>  >>???On?May?3,?2018,?at?6:28?PM,?sunyeping?via?R-help?<r-help at
r-project.org>?wrote:
>  >>
> 
>>???When?I?check?the?size?of?the?plot?region?usingdev.size("in")a?new?plot?region?is?produced?and?in?the?Rconsole?I?get[1]?5.333333?5.322917
>  >
> 
>?Your?test?is?all?mangleed?together.?You?failed?in?your?duty?to?read?the?list?info?and?the?Posting?guide?.?NO?HTML!
>  >
> 
>>???If?I?mean?to?produce?a?plot?region?with?size?setting?bydev.new(length=3,width=3)a?plot?region?is?produced,?but?the?size?is?[2.281250,?5.322917],?as?detected?by?the?de.size?function.?If?I?type:dev.new(length=10,width=10)I?get?a?plot?region?of?with?the?size?of?[7.614583,?5.322917].?It?seems?that?the?width?of?the?new?plot?region?cannot?be?set,?and?tt?is?always?5.322917.?The?length?of?the?new?plot?region?can?be?set,?but?it?is?always?smaller?that?the?values?I?set.What?do?I?miss??What?is?the?correct?way?of?setting?the?dimension?of?the?new?plot?region??I?will?be?grateful?to?any?help.Best?regards,
>  >
> 
>?The?size?of?the?device?is?not?the?size?of?the?plot?region.?You?need?to?take?into?account?the?margins.?See??par
> 
>?Thank?you,?David.I?have?read?the?par()?document.?Clearly?the?size?of?the?plot?region?is?smaller?than?or?equal?to?the?divice?size.?However,?if?I?produce?a?graphic?device?with?dev.new?(length,?width)?or?other?functions,?I?find?the?largest??width?of?the?new?device?is?always?5.3?inches?whatever?the?values?I?set,?and?the?length?of?it?is?alway?smaller?than?what?I?set.
> 
> The?length?and?width?aren't?the?first?and?second?parameters?for?any
> device,?and?length?isn't?a?parameter?at?all.??Try
> 
> dev.new(height?=?10,?width?=?10)
> 
> and?you?should?get?a?bigger?device?if?it?will?fit?on?your?screen.??If?it
>
won't?fit,?then?you?might?get?a?smaller?one,?and?you'll?need?to?choose?a
> non-screen?device?such?as?png()?or?pdf()?instead?of?the?default?device.
> 
> Duncan?Murdoch
> 
>  ??Could?you?tell?me?how?to?produce?a?graphic?divice?with?correct?size
> that?I?set??I?need?this?function?because?the?graphic?divice?cannot
> accomendate?all?of?the?graph?I?make?with?some?of?plot?tools?such?as
> ggtree.?In?ggtree?plot,?part?of?the?tree?tips?label?are?invisible
> (https://www.dropbox.com/s/87gyusx7ay1xxu8/tree.pdf?dl=0)?even?I?set
>
"par(mar=rep(0,4))".?So?I?think?I?must?plot?the?tree?on?a?larger?graphic
> device.??Best?regards.
>  >
>  >
>  >>
>  >>????[[alternative?HTML?version?deleted]]
>  >>
>  >>???______________________________________________
>  >>???R-help at
r-project.org?mailing?list?--?To?UNSUBSCRIBE?and?more,?see
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>  >>???PLEASE?do?read?the?posting?guide 
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> 
>>???and?provide?commented,?minimal,?self-contained,?reproducible?code.
>  >
>  >?David?Winsemius
>  >?Alameda,?CA,?USA
>  >
> 
>?'Any?technology?distinguishable?from?magic?is?insufficiently?advanced.'???-Gehm's?Corollary?to?Clarke's?Third?Law
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >??[[alternative?HTML?version?deleted]]
>  >
>  >?______________________________________________
>  >?R-help at r-project.org?mailing?list?--?To?UNSUBSCRIBE?and?more,?see
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>  >?PLEASE?do?read?the?posting?guide 
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>  >?and?provide?commented,?minimal,?self-contained,?reproducible?code.
>  >
> 
> "dev.new(height?=?10,?width?=?10) " doesn't work neither. It
produces a
> device with a size of [?5.760417, 5.750000]. My computer is a usual 14 
> inch thankpad labtop. Is 5 ~ inches really the up limit of the size of 
> the R graphic device in computer screen? I doubt it.
You ask questions in a very rude way.  I'm going to let you figure this 
one out by yourself.

Duncan Murdoch