On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Simpson, William wrote: > I used sink() a lot under linux with no problems. > > Under windows 2000 & using R 1.5.1, I do the following: > - use sink() to direct ouput to a file > - use sink() again to direct output to screen > - print the file (to a network printer)
How do you print it? (I tested this with "foo.txt", right-click to print which uses Notepad. Under current R, of course: I don't have such an old version around.) > PROBLEM: the file stays spooled infinitely at the printer. Sometimes the > spooling gets translated into a printer error. The only way to get any > printing working again is to shutdown and restart (not even a reboot helps!) > > Am I misusing sink() under windows? No. This is just a file that you can send to the printer: the problem appears to be in your print system. > I checked the R bugs archive and did not see this one listed. It's for bugs in R, so unsurprisingly does not cover Windows printing. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
