Re: [R] Query for semi-transparency support

2011-08-16 Thread Jesse Brown
Thanks for the pointer. I looked through the source and it seems that this is hard-coded into the device-specific files. Considering that, I can think of three ways I could achieve this behavior: 1 - Using .Device in a switch statement 2 - A try/catch construct that will trigger on warnings (

Re: [R] Query for semi-transparency support

2011-08-15 Thread baptiste auguie
Here's a warning, but it sounds like it's at a deep (C, presumably) level, xfig() grid::grid.rect(gp=gpar(fill="red", alpha=0.5)) Warning message: In grid.Call.graphics("L_rect", x$x, x$y, x$width, x$height, resolveHJust(x$just, : semi-transparency is not supported on this device: reported only