[R] exporting plots

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Jay Pfaffman <pfaffman at relaxpc.com> writes:

> > I'm running R (latest) on linux, using gnome.  I was wondering how 
> > export the plots to an image file of sort sort.  I can't find anything 
> > obvious in the documentation.
> 
> Finally one I can answer!  (Thanks to those pointing out to me the
> various docs in the "user contributed" section.  I'm on my way to
> knowing how to use R & maybe even learning the statistics that didn't
> quite soak in during my two stats classes).
> 
> Anyway, the short answer: "?Devices"
> 
> Choose a device, turn it on with a call like "png()", issue your
> graphics commands & be sure to issue the dev.off() command when you're
> done.  If you don't, your graphics file won't be complete (or might be
> empty). 
> 
> I hope this helps.

Also notice dev.copy() and dev.copy2eps() (These work best if you make
the screen dimensions match those of the final image.)

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