[R] r under linux: creating high quality bmp's for win users

[dr mike]

I second the use of png() to create portable network graphics format
pictures, as MS Word (XP and 2003 at least) can handle these without any
problems. I use this format as a matter of course in preparing material for
embedding in web pages.

Regards,

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Prof 
> Brian Ripley
> Sent: 22 March 2005 11:46
> To: Christoph Lehmann
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] r under linux: creating high quality bmp's 
> for win users
> 
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Christoph Lehmann wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > I produce graphics with R under linux, but my collaborators 
> often use 
> > windows and cannot import eps pics e.g. in msword
> 
> Are they sure?  One can import eps images into Word, but you 
> need to print them on a postscript printer.
> 
> > what is the standard way to get e.g. bmp's with the same 
> quality as eps. 
> > going the way: creating eps, convert eps2bmp using 
> 'convert' doesn't 
> > yield good enough bmp's
> 
> The bitmap() device might do better, although both are really 
> using gs.
> 
> I would use png() and convert to bmp with ImageMagick's 
> convert or otherwise.
> 
> -- 
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