R Gui: Create plot window bigger than the default par("din")

Asked Sep 29 '16 at 07:45

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In Windows R Gui, I am trying to create plot window bigger than the default one. I am using dev.new() for this purpose (see Creating a Plot Window of a Particular Size), but it just doesn't create window bigger than the default din parameter (which cannot be set):

dev.off()
par("din")
dev.off()
# [1] 6.641667 6.633333 <---- THIS IS THE DEFAULT WINDOW SIZE
dev.new(width = 10, height = 10)
par("din")
# [1] 6.641666 6.633332 <---- STILL THE SAME!

It works for smaller windows though:

dev.off()
dev.new(width = 3, height = 3)
par("din")
# [1] 2.991666 2.983333 <--- it works for smaller than the default

Why it doesn't work for dimensions bigger than the default and how do I make it work?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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asked Sep 29 '16 at 07:45

Tomas

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does `x11()` work? On ubuntu, I can set window size with `x11` but not with `dev.new` – Richard Telford Sep 29 '16 at 08:11
@RichardTelford with "Windows R Gui", I mean MS Windows, not X Windows :-) – Tomas Sep 29 '16 at 08:14
What does `getOption("device")` return? That is the device `dev.new` will call and give the ... to – Richard Telford Sep 29 '16 at 08:17
@RichardTelford it returns some function – Tomas Sep 29 '16 at 08:22
You need to look at how that function handles height and width arguments – Richard Telford Sep 29 '16 at 08:39

R Gui: Create plot window bigger than the default par("din")

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