saving graphs; jpeg(), bitmap()
Hi Tiago, you need to run the X11 server first indeed. Close R and try just to launch X11 from its icon. If it doesn't launch, please have a look at the Console Application window to see what's happening. Let us know. stefano
On Dec 8, 2004, at 11:50 PM, Tiago R Magalhaes wrote:
Dear Mac R-users
I want to export some plots. I have looked in the documentation and in
the R-help archives. 2 main functions jpeg(), bitmap() are used, but I
can't save any plots using them. (error logs at the end of the email).
I'm using a PowerBook G4, Panther 10.3, R.2.1.
a) when using jpeg() I seem to be missing the X11 server. I have X11
on my computer and it works fine. (XDarwin 1.3b4). On the R menu,
under Miscillaneous there is a Run X11 server. When I lauch it reports
an error: "2004-12-08 22:24:13.082 open[10513] Couldn't launch
application: X11.app"
b) for using bitmap() I don't have the ghostscript file. Is it a mac
file? Should I get it from somewhere?
c) I saved the files from the quartz device with the menu function.
This solves the problem somewhat, but: I would like to save jpeg
files. Even if I save pdf I would like to write it in a script. pdf()
should do it, but I can only produce files with zero bytes using it...
d) and this is really just curiosity. The pdf file exported via menu
is small (16kb) but when I open it in Photoshop and tell it to be
300dpi becomes a big file (14Mb) and the quality is very good! I
imagine this to be related to vectors instead of dots. I googled the
terms, but there's nothing that mention pdfs as good grahp formats (I
didn't do an extensive search, there were MANY documents, even trying
to be very stringent)
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errors
jpeg('pic1.jpg')
Error in X11(paste("jpeg::", quality, ":", filename, sep = ""), width,
:
unable to start device JPEG
In addition: Warning message:
unable to open connection to X11 display`'
bitmap('temp.jpg', type='jpeg', res='300')
/bin/sh: line 1: gs: command not found
Error in bitmap("temp.jpg", type = "jpeg", res = "300") :
Sorry, gs cannot be found
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