trellis.device in .First (PR#6812)

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 01:29:18 +0200 (CEST), rmh@temple.edu wrote:

1. The new one.

When I include
trellis.device()
in my .First, Rterm 1.8.1 run in ESS happily opens a device.

Rterm 1.9.0 doesn't.  It gives the following message instead:

  [Previously saved workspace restored]

  Error in get(x, envir, mode, inherits) : variable "windows" was
not found

Sounds like lattice needs to import windows.  (In 1.8.1 windows() was
in base, so it would have automatically been available in .First.)

How do I do that ? windows is not available in all platforms, and on the 
one I use, 

importFrom(graphics, windows) 

leads to (during R INSTALL):

Error in importIntoEnv(impenv, impnames, ns, impvars) :
        object(s) 'windows' are not exported by 'namespace;graphics'


Is Rich's usage valid under 1.9.0 ? I presume replacing trellis.device() 
by windows() will give the same error. Or are all lattice functions 
expected to work after a require(lattice) is included in .First ?

Deepayan