get.defaults: Get operating system specific default properties

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Get operating system specific default properties

Description

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(s)

Syed Haider

Examples

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

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

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