Printing out a graph using different graphics devices
On 2/16/09, Dimitri Liakhovitski <ld7631 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, everyone! The code below allows me to produce the graph I want (I know - the colors are strange, but it's just for the sake of an example). After you run the plot<- part and then do print(plot) - that's what I want. However, when I run the bits of code below (with graphics devices) - what they print is different from the original plot. In .png, .emf, and .tiff - my dots change their shape and my lines (I think) become thinner. And in .ps format - the dots stay what they are supposed to be but they change their color. Could you please explain to me what the reasons are for those changes? Also - should I specify my chart characteristics differently depending on the device I'll be using?
Device drivers may all be subtly different, which may explain line widths etc. For the things that you set using trellis.par.set(), see ?trellis.device. Basically, each device has its own settings, and calls to trellis.par.set() only change the settings for the current device. If you want to attach custom settings to your "trellis" object, look up 'par.settings' in ?xyplot. -Deepayan
Thank you very much!
Dimitri
library(lattice)
d=data.frame(xx=c(2.2,2.1,3.3),yy=c(0.1,0.2,0.3),zz=c(2.5,2.0,1.8))
d[[2]]<-as.factor(as.numeric((d[[2]])))
trellis.par.set(superpose.line = list(col=c("green","red"), lwd = 2),
superpose.symbol = list(col=c("yellow","blue"),cex =
1.3, pch = 20),
reference.line = list(col = "gray", lty ="dotted"))
plot<-dotplot(c(d[[1]],d[[3]])~rep(d[[2]],2),
groups=rep(c("Group 1","Group 2"), each=nrow(d)),
main=list("Chart Title",cex=1),
type="b",
auto.key = list(space = "top", points = TRUE, lines = TRUE),
xlab=list("Title for X",cex=.9,font=2),
ylab=list("Title for Y",cex=.9,font=2),
panel = function(y,x,...) {
panel.grid(h = -1, v = -1)
panel.xyplot(x, y, ...)
ltext(x, y, labels=round(y,3),
cex=.8,col="black",font=2,
adj=c(-0.2,1))
})
print(plot)
win.metafile(file="test.emf")
print(plot)
dev.off()
postscript(file="test.ps")
print(plot)
dev.off()
png(file="test.png")
print(plot)
dev.off()
tiff(file="test.tiff")
print(plot)
dev.off()
--
Dimitri Liakhovitski
MarketTools, Inc.
Dimitri.Liakhovitski at markettools.com
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