And your point/question is?
par(ask = TRUE) applies to all devices, including png. Try setting
options(par.ask.default = FALSE in your example?
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wish to return to the topic "[Rd] example(ask = .) - default ?"
> discussed in R-devel on May 1, 2006, because I think it is related to
> my problem.
>
> In one of my Rd examples I generate multiple (20-30!) PNG files using
> png()/dev.off(). I noticed that I get a "Hit <Return> to see next
> plot:" for each png() call, when calling example() [interactively].
>
> The code for example() has:
>
> if (ask == "default")
> ask <- echo && dev.interactive(orNone = TRUE)
> if (ask) {
> if (.Device != "null device") {
> opar <- par(ask = TRUE)
> on.exit(par(opar))
> }
> op <- options(par.ask.default = TRUE)
> on.exit(options(op), add = TRUE)
> }
>
> When calling example() interactively, either with ask=TRUE (explicitly
> or indirectly with getOption("example.ask") == "default"), option
> 'par.ask.default' is set to TRUE. This seems to be the reason for the
> above. Example:
>
> > options(par.ask.default=TRUE)
> > png("foo.png"); plot(1); dev.off()
> Hit <Return> to see next plot:
> null device
> 1
> > options(par.ask.default=FALSE)
> > png("foo.png"); plot(1); dev.off()
> null device
> 1
>
> Best
>
> Henrik
>
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