[R] Create pdf and postscript files

[Ronnie Babigumira]

Not at all...on the contrary, these are common slips as one is getting started and they can be nerve wrecking (I have 
only been using R for a month and I have had my fair share of them). Be sure to make RSiteSearch a good friend, very 
helpful.

Happy new year



David Hajage wrote:
> ... I'm so stupid !
>  
> Thank you very much.
> 
> David Hajage
> Interne de santé publique
> Institut Curie
>  
> 2005/12/27, Ronnie Babigumira <rb.glists at gmail.com 
> <mailto:rb.glists at gmail.com>>:
> 
>     You need to open the pdf/poscript first and then plot...see ?postscript
> 
>          # open the file " foo.ps <http://foo.ps>" for graphics output
>          postscript("foo.ps <http://foo.ps>")
>          # produce the desired graph(s)
>          dev.off()              # turn off the postscript device
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     David Hajage wrote:
>      > Hello,
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > I would like to learn how to create a pdf and a postscript file
>     from an R
>      > graphic.
>      >
>      > For example, I tried :
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > plot(1)              # example
>      >
>      > pdf("H:/Perso/essai.pdf")
>      >
>      > postscript("H:/Perso/essai.ps")
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > But the pdf document created is empty.
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > How do these functions work ?
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > Thank you very much.
>      >
>      > --
>      > David Hajage
>      > Interne de santé publique
>      > Institut Curie
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