Printing Lattice Graphs from Windows
Hi, Duncan:
Thanks. It worked for me, complete with the gray background and
pastel blue dot. The following also worked to eliminate the (to me
ugly) gray background, etc.:
win.metafile()
trellis.par.set('background', list('white'))
trellis.par.set('plot.symbol',
list(cex=0.8, col="blue", font=1, pch=1))
xyplot(1 ~ 1)
dev.off()
Thanks again. spencer graves
Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 17:43:42 -0700, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at pdf.com> wrote:
Hi, Deepayan:
Following your suggestion, I tried the following in Rgui.exe:
xyplot(1~1)
win.metafile()
graphics.off()
I then switched to MS Word, pasted, and got the same blank plot as before. (I actually tried other things as well, but came to this after reading the documentation.)
You should open the device *first*. Then you plot to it, then close it and the graphics are saved. That is,
library(lattice) win.metafile() xyplot(1 ~ 1) dev.off()
This worked for me in a single attempt; I haven't tested it thoroughly. Generally speaking, you get better graphics results by plotting to the final graphics device rather than plotting to the screen and copying somewhere, because the graphics system makes some choices based on the target device capabilities, and those choices might not be appropriate on a different device. I notice lines are often too thin when printed from a plot on screen, for example. Duncan Murdoch