[R] SVG format from any R graphic GUI?

[Agustin Lobo]

Thanks, actually I had thought on Lynx as an option, so
your opinion encourages me to try.
But wanted to solve the problem within the OO environment
as well.

Agus

Marc Schwartz escribió:
> See comments inline:
> 
> Agustin Lobo wrote:
>> Thanks for your answers, let me summarize the situation:
>>
>> 1. I've tested the SVG import for OO, it's not great
>> but it is much better than what you get for EMF. I know
>> nothing about SVG, though, perhaps it is not the
>> best graphics format.
> 
> In theory, SVG would be something of an ideal format, because it is open 
> and provides for high quality graphics for viewing AND printing. It is 
> being increasingly used, but still has yet to be fully supported in most 
> applications. For example, OO.org's Draw application can generate SVG 
> graphics, but as noted, does not fully support importing them back into 
> the OO.org apps.
> 
>> 2. I need the figure displayed on the screen, I'm using
>> Impress (the equivalent of ppt). Thus EPS is not an option,
> 
> Two recommendations, if this is for presentation:
> 
> 1. Use LaTeX, specifically the Beamer package. This will generate PDF 
> slide files, which you can then display using the full screen viewing 
> features of applications like Adobe's Reader. This is what I with R/Sweave.
> 
> More information here:
> 
> http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net/
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamer_(LaTeX)
> 
> 
> 
> 2. Import the R EPS files into OO.org as per your normal routine. Then, 
> when ready, print the document to a PS file, using a PS compatible 
> printer driver. You don't actually have to have a PS printer, just 
> install a PS driver. When you go to print the document, there will be an 
> option someplace in the dialogs to "print to file". Do so. This will 
> give you a PS file, with the high quality vector based EPS images, not 
> the bitmapped previews.
> 
> Then use 'ps2pdf' to convert the PS file you create above to a PDF file. 
> This leaves you in essentially the same place as LaTeX, where you can 
> then use the full screen viewing mode of a PDF viewer.  I used to use 
> this option several years ago, before I began to use LaTeX almost 
> exclusively.
> 
> 
>> 3. I do not see any pdf import functionality in OO, I get it
>> as text and in OO writer. PDF is not listed among
>> the supported formats in Impress for inserting graphic files.
>> I did not try the development version of OO, perhaps this is
>> an alternative.
> 
> PDF import will be new for OO.org 3.x.  It is not available in the 
> current 2.x stable release versions.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Marc
> 
>> Agus
>>
>> Marc Schwartz escribió:
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> 
> 

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