[R] Create graphs from text console

Uwe Ligges ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de
Thu Mar 23 17:11:25 CET 2006


Rainer M Krug wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I am using R 2.2.1 under Linux (SuSE 10) and would like to know if it is 
> possible to create graphs, i.e.
> 
> jpeg(filename=fn)
> 	try( coplot( mor$I_Morisita ~ mor$Year | mor$RunStr, show.given=FALSE) )
> dev.off()
> 
> from a text console?
> It gives me an error message on the jpeg() command:
> 
> Error in X11(..snip..) unable to start device jpeg
> In addition: warning message:
> unable to open connection to X11 display.
> 
> Are there any ways to create the plot and save it into a jpeg file from 
> a text console?


Via bitmap() (i.e. postscript with ghostscript postprocessing).

Uwe Ligges


> Thanks,
> 
> Rainer
> 
> 
>




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