Message-ID: <2EF21BE0-91D2-433A-AF12-B1D51F008FC3@comcast.net>
Date: 2008-12-08T22:46:06Z
From: David Winsemius
Subject: Save image as metafile
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0812082059010.29684@gannet.stats.ox.ac.uk>
On Dec 8, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Dec 2008, David Winsemius wrote:
>
>>
>> To find out what devices are available, try:
>>
>>> capabilities()
>> jpeg png tiff tcltk X11 aqua http/ftp
>> sockets libxml fifo cledit iconv NLS
>> TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE
>> TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE
>> profmem cairo
>> FALSE TRUE
>>
>> So on my machine, a png device can get graphics output. That should
>> provide all of the functionality of a wmf format and be much more
>> cross-platform.
>
> Not so: wmf is a primarily a vector format: however PDF is a good
> cross-platform substitute.
Thank you for the correction. I had conflated "lossless format" with
"vector format". Perhaps the OP will be happier with pdf output. Will
he be able to use cmd-S to bring up a Save as dialog if he is not
running from R.app?
--
David Winsemius
>
> Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
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