Message-ID: <XFMail.111205185856.ted.harding@wlandres.net>
Date: 2011-12-05T18:58:56Z
From: (Ted Harding)
Subject: adding hyperlinked text to pdf plot
In-Reply-To: <CAKZHBxEw2kJpo_wYXnbqnU38u0-dVK6ft1Rfhc1ttCnmr8JFcg@mail.gmail.com>
On 05-Dec-11 18:39:21, Justin Fincher wrote:
> Howdy,
> I have read that if you put a URL in the text of a plot
> being saved into pdf, the result is a functional hyperlink.
> I am interested in having text in a plot that is linked to
> a URL, but I would like the text to be something other than
> the URL. Is this possible? Thank you.
>
> - Fincher
The "kosher" method of doing this kind of thing (and a host
of other interactive elements in a PDF file) would be to
incorporate a so-called PDFmark into the PDF code. See for
instance:
http://www.pdflib.com/developer/technical-documentation/
books/pdfmark-primer/
There are various ways of doing this in some document-preparation
programs, but I don't know whether it would be easy to do this
when creating a PDF in R. In mt experience, this involves first
passing via PostScript.
Any comments, anyone?
Ted.
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