4 messages · mentor_, David Winsemius, Brian Ripley
Hi, how can I save an image as a metafile? I know within windows you can do a right click and then 'save image as metafile' but I use Mac OS X...I know as well that mac users have a right click as well, but it does not work. Is there a command in R for saving images as metafiles? Regards, mentor
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Hi, how can I save an image as a metafile? I know within windows you can do a right click and then 'save image as metafile' but I use Mac OS X...
Which means this question would be better posed on the Mac OS list.
I know as well that mac users have a right click as well, but it does not work.
Are you using the R.app? If so, then you need to focus on the quartz
device window (by clicking on it or choosing it from the Window"
pulldown menu) and choose Save as.. from the File menu. It will not
offer to save it as a windows metafile, but rather does so as a pdf.
In Preview you can open the pdf and then save as other formats,
although wmf is not one of the options. If you prefer a tiff file, you
could use Grab. Even LemkeSoft's GraphicConverter does not offer a WMF
option, so it's probably a proprietary format that M$ is not
documenting well or trying to restrict in some manner. 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.
Is there a command in R for saving images as metafiles?
It would appear not, but why would it be necessary? What's wrong with the choice among jpeg, png, pdf or tiff?
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On Dec 8, 2008, at 7:51 AM, mentor_ wrote:
Hi, how can I save an image as a metafile? I know within windows you can do a right click and then 'save image as metafile' but I use Mac OS X...
Which means this question would be better posed on the Mac OS list.
I know as well that mac users have a right click as well, but it does not work.
Are you using the R.app? If so, then you need to focus on the quartz device window (by clicking on it or choosing it from the Window" pulldown menu) and choose Save as.. from the File menu. It will not offer to save it as a windows metafile, but rather does so as a pdf. In Preview you can open the pdf and then save as other formats, although wmf is not one of the options. If you prefer a tiff file, you could use Grab. Even LemkeSoft's GraphicConverter does not offer a WMF option, so it's probably a proprietary format that M$ is not documenting well or trying to restrict in some manner.
It is basically a set of calls to the (proprietary) Windows GDI. There seems to be no viable implementation on any other platform (except as a bitmap, but then there are lots of portable bitmap formats supported by R)
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.
Is there a command in R for saving images as metafiles?
It would appear not, but why would it be necessary? What's wrong with the choice among jpeg, png, pdf or tiff? -- David Winsemius
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Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595
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/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595