Get operating system specific default properties — get.defaults • BoutrosLab.plotting.general

Returns the value for the property requested

Usage

get.defaults(
  property = 'fontfamily',
  os.type = .Platform$OS.type,
  add.to.list = NULL,
  use.legacy.settings = FALSE
  );

Arguments

property: The property to be retrieved
os.type: operating system (optional). valid values are: “windows”, “unix”
add.to.list: appends the requested property to this parameter
use.legacy.settings: boolean to set wheter or not to use legacy mode settings (font)

Value

Returns the value (list if add.to.list is passed) for the property requested given the os.type parameter. If latter is missing, it attempts to find user's operating system

Author

Syed Haider

Examples

    # returns the fontfamily for current OS
    get.defaults(property = "fontfamily");
#> NULL

    # returns the fontfamily for unix
    get.defaults(property = "fontfamily", os.type = 'windows');
#> NULL