[Rd] large vignette problem

[robin hankin]

Thanks guys.

It works perfectly

best wishes

rksh

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Dario Strbenac
<D.Strbenac at garvan.org.au> wrote:
> I usually do :
>
> <<label=xyFile, echo=FALSE>>=
> png("xyPlot.png", width = 800, height = 800)
> @
>
> <<label=xyPlot>>=
> ...      ...       ... # Code goes here.
> @
>
> <<label=xyClose, echo=FALSE>>=
> null <- dev.off()
> @
>
> \begin{figure}
>    \begin{center}
>        \includegraphics{xyPlot.png}
>    \end{center}
> \end{figure}
>
> ---- Original message ----
>>Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:54:37 +1300
>>From: r-devel-bounces at r-project.org (on behalf of robin hankin <hankin.robin at gmail.com>)
>>Subject: [Rd] large vignette problem
>>To: r-devel at r-project.org
>>
>>Hello
>>
>>I am trying to get one of my packages to be less than 5Mb in size, and
>>it is currently
>>72Mb installed.  It is big because the single vignette includes half a
>>dozen very large PDF
>>images.  The PDF files are created as part of the Sweave process.
>>
>>Using jpg images instead of PDFs is acceptable  in terms of picture
>>quality (although
>>not perfect), and results in a very much smaller vignette.
>>
>>OK, so here’s my first plan and I’m not sure if it’s optimal::
>>
>>1.  Produce the .jpg files by hand from my own PDF files.
>>2.  Change the .Rnw file so that it doesn’t produce the PDF files and
>>the vignette uses the .jpg files instead.
>>3. ship the package with the .jpg files and the modified .Rnw file.
>>
>>This is not ideal because it’s not reproducible: only *I* can create
>>the jpg files from the original .Rnw file, as the new .Rnw file does
>>not produce the PDF files.
>>
>>Or can I somehow coerce Sweave into producing jpg files instead of PDF?
>>
>>Can anyone advise?
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>Robin
>>
>>
>>--
>>Robin Hankin
>>Uncertainty Analyst
>>hankin.robin at gmail.com
>>
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>
> --------------------------------------
> Dario Strbenac
> Research Assistant
> Cancer Epigenetics
> Garvan Institute of Medical Research
> Darlinghurst NSW 2010
> Australia
>



-- 
Robin Hankin
Uncertainty Analyst
hankin.robin at gmail.com