r under linux: creating high quality bmp's for win users

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From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Prof 
Brian Ripley
Sent: 22 March 2005 11:46
To: Christoph Lehmann
Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] r under linux: creating high quality bmp's 
for win users

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Christoph Lehmann wrote:

Hi

I produce graphics with R under linux, but my collaborators 

often use 

windows and cannot import eps pics e.g. in msword

Are they sure?  One can import eps images into Word, but you 
need to print them on a postscript printer.

what is the standard way to get e.g. bmp's with the same 

quality as eps. 

going the way: creating eps, convert eps2bmp using 

'convert' doesn't 

yield good enough bmp's

The bitmap() device might do better, although both are really 
using gs.

I would use png() and convert to bmp with ImageMagick's 
convert or otherwise.

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