On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Wolfgang Huber <whuber@embl.de> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a package (arrayQualityMetrics) that works best when the 'svg'
> device is available, which afaIu requires that capabilities("cairo") is TRUE
> and is not the case on many current Windows installations of R.
>
> I admit I have not paid attention to Windows-related things for a while;
> I've done a fair bit of googling on the topic, but am still unsure about a
> few things:
>
> - What's the best practice to make the user experience good for Windows
> users?
>
>
Usually, binaries are bundled with a Windows application. In the case of an
R package, it seems most convenient to statically link the binaries into the
package DLL.


> - How to help them to make the 'svg' device available to their R?
>
> - Or should I not use 'svg' if I want the package experience be painless
> for Windows people?
>
> - Would it be worthwhile to build and distribute Windows binaries for R
> that include libcairo/svg? (Or team up with the people who provide those on
> CRAN?)
>
> Best wishes
>        Wolfgang
>
> Wolfgang Huber
> EMBL
> http://www.embl.de/research/units/genome_biology/huber
>
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