PGF Device

If one was to implement a Tikz output for R graphics, I'm not sure  
what route to take:

1) focus exclusively on Grid graphics and implement a conversion at  
the R level ? la gridSVG (see Paul Murrell's webpage)

2) create a new device ( I have no idea where to find guidelines for  
this, and I'm not even clear on what exactly a "Device" is).

In any case, given that pdf is often the preferred output for R  
graphics (e.g. through the Sweave route), it seems that the pgf format  
would be an excellent addition if only for its perfect handling of  
LaTeX formulas.

Best wishes,

baptiste

Lasse Bombien <lasse <at> phonetik.uni-muenchen.de> writes:

Am Mittwoch, den 06.05.2009, 16:08 +0200 schrieb baptiste auguie:

I think the pgfSweave project on R-forge is working on this (as  
far as
i know it currently relies on eps2pgf)

Right, but eps2pgf fails me on more complex / stacked plots.  
Otherwise,
I would be content using eps2pgf.

Same for me; pgf/tikz is my method of choice for graphics in latex
because it gets around the eps-detour that can cause strange problems.

Dieter

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