Plot device stretched on Mac - any advice?

[Gunnar]

Hi,

I am using R 3.0.0 on MacOSX 10.7.5 and I am have problem with visualizing data in R. When I open a simple plot,

plot (1,1);



I get a rectangular window with the labels stretched (see example). I have searched for a solution online, but have been unable to find an answer on how to make the default device appear as a square. If you have any suggestions which functions/parameters to look up or how to solve this, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Gunnar

[Jeff Newmiller]

Mac OSX-specific questions should be directed to r-sig-mac.

Also, you should search before posting... this has been answered many times. I recommend search terms "R aspect ratio".
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Gunnar <[hidden email]> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am using R 3.0.0 on MacOSX 10.7.5 and I am have problem with
>visualizing
>data in R. When I open a simple plot,
>
>plot (1,1);
>
><http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4666461/Screen_Shot_2013-05-07_at_11.06.19.png>
>
>
>I get a rectangular window with the labels stretched (see example). I
>have
>searched for a solution online, but have been unable to find an answer
>on
>how to make the default device appear as a square. If you have any
>suggestions which functions/parameters to look up or how to solve this,
>it
>would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>Gunnar
>
>
>
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[Gunnar]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks - I've received an answer from another forum (It had to do with DPI in Quartz - rather than a simple aspect ratio).

Gunnar

On 7 May 2013, at 16:43, Jeff Newmiller [via R] wrote:

Mac OSX-specific questions should be directed to r-sig-mac.

Also, you should search before posting... this has been answered many times. I recommend search terms "R aspect ratio".
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Gunnar <<a href="x-msg://27/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&amp;node=4666486&amp;i=1" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am using R 3.0.0 on MacOSX 10.7.5 and I am have problem with
>visualizing
>data in R. When I open a simple plot,
>
>plot (1,1);
>
><http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4666461/Screen_Shot_2013-05-07_at_11.06.19.png>
>
>
>I get a rectangular window with the labels stretched (see example). I
>have
>searched for a solution online, but have been unable to find an answer
>on
>how to make the default device appear as a square. If you have any
>suggestions which functions/parameters to look up or how to solve this,
>it
>would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>Gunnar
>
>
>
>--
>View this message in context:
>http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Plot-device-stretched-on-Mac-any-advice-tp4666461.html
>Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
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