win.metafile on linux? - R-help

Hao Chen

Wed, Sep 21, 2005 5:43 AM #

Dear R-help,

Is it possible to use win.metafile() on *nix versions of R?

I tried R 2.1.1 on FreeBSD and R 1.9.0 on redhat with no success. I need
to give some graphs generated in R to my boss so that he can modify them
in Powerpoint to fit he style of his presentation. Recommendations on
other methods are appreciated as well.

Hao

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Uwe Ligges

Wed, Sep 21, 2005 7:04 AM #

Hao Chen wrote:

No.

There were some discussions on this topic during the last year. Please 
check the mailing list archives.

Uwe Ligges

Ben Bolker

Wed, Sep 21, 2005 8:02 AM #

Hao Chen <hchen <at> utmem.edu> writes:

this comes up every so often.
  if you have fig2dev (which may come bundled with xfig), you
can save your graphics as xfig and then use fig2dev -L emf
to save in extended metafile format.

  the other answer that has been suggested is to install R
for windows under Wine (assuming you're running on Intel
hardware).

   Ben Bolker