[R] SVG format from any R graphic GUI?

[Marc Schwartz]

A reasonable question here might be, what do you intend to do with the 
SVG file, once you have it.  OO.org does not natively import SVG files 
and the only import filter that I am aware of for it:

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SVG_Import_Filter

is an incomplete implementation. This means that your resultant graphic 
could end up 'brain damaged' after import.

Not even OO.org 3.x, which is in development, will support this 
natively. Though they are adding PDF import functionality.

Importing EPS graphs into OO.org works great and if you need a preview 
image, you can have one if you have the proper tools installed as Prof. 
Ripley notes. You can either do this from the command line or during the 
actual import process.  Just keep in mind that what you will see in the 
document is the bitmapped preview, not the vector based EPS image. 
OO.org, like MS Office, does not render EPS images.

You of course also need to print the document to a PS compatible 
printer, lest you simply get the bitmapped preview image output. Same 
thing BTW, with the default PDF export functions in OO.org.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> R 2.7.0 RC has an svg() device on Unix-alikes, and there are RSvgDevice 
> and RSVGTipsDevice packages on CRAN.
> 
> I've seen so many problems with SVG renderers (especially related to 
> fonts) that I would prefer not to rely on it.
> 
> If this is Windows, the preferred route seems to be to use EPS with a 
> preview (which GSView can add for you).
> 
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Stefan Grosse wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:20:35 +0200 Agustin Lobo wrote:
>> AL>I have problems with emf files because OpenOffice does
>> AL>a poor job at importing figures in this format. On the other
>> AL>hand, imported eps figures are not displayed, just printed.
>> AL>Is there any R graphic gui able to export as SVG (or
>> AL>other vector format)? I've
>> AL>tried JGR, iplots and svGUI.
>>
>> The figures format has nothing to do with the gui. It matters which
>> devices are supported by your R platform on your system
>> (Win/Linux/Mac?).
>>
>> A quick search on r-project.org pointed me to the Cairo package. Maybe
>> you can try that.
>>
>> You will also have reasonable results using the png device/graphics.
>>
>> usually you do something like:
>>
>> png("myplot.png",width=500,height=500)
>> plot(x,y)
>> dev.off()
>>
>> hth
>> Stefan
>