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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, RenE J.V. Bertin wrote:
>From: Patrick Connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "RenE J.V. Bertin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [R] changing (core) function argument defaults? >Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:43:10 +1300
> >On Wed, 20-Oct-2004 at 07:48PM +0200, RenE J.V. Bertin wrote: > >|> Hello, >|> > >|> Is it possible to change the defaults for the arguments to a >|> function, without changing the function code itself? I'm asking >|> because I'd like to override the default dimensions and font family >|> for a graphics device. Before 2.0.0, I'd just do that with a small >|> edit in the appropriate .R file containing the device function >|> definition. I appears to be possible no longer. So rather than >|> copying the definition into my own .Rprofile, it would be nice if >|> just the defaults could be modified... > >I didn't notice a response to this question. I'd like to do something >similar and haven't been able to work out how to do it.
You can write a wrapper
X11<-function(display="",width=2,height=2,...){
grDevices::X11(display,width,height,...)
}and put that into your Rprofile.
-thomas
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