[R] pdf creation error

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "SK" == Stephan Kolassa <Stephan.Kolassa at gmx.de>
>>>>>     on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:28:09 +0200 writes:

    SK> Hi JD, do you have the pdf open in some app, e.g.,
    SK> Acrobat Reader? If the file is open, R can't write on
    SK> it. My (German) errors in this case look like yours:

    SK> Fehler in pdf(paste(pic.directory, "/full_map.pdf", sep
    SK> = "")) : unable to start device pdf Zusätzlich: Warning
    SK> message: In pdf(paste(pic.directory, "/full_map.pdf",
    SK> sep = "")) : cannot open 'pdf' file argument
    SK> 'Pictures/full_map.pdf'

    SK> Just close the Acrobat Reader or whatever.

or even better: Close your OS (MS Windows) and start using a
better one. 

E.g., on all Linux versions I know I can write to files open in
acroread (or any ofther of the several alternatives on Linux)
and then "reload" the file inside the PDF viewer.

Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich

    SK> Best, Stephan


    SK> j daniel schrieb:
    >> Hello -
    >> 
    >> I am trying to create a pdf file in R, but I keep getting
    >> an error that says it cannot open the pdf device.  Here
    >> is the code and output:
    >> 
    >>> pdf(file="test.pdf")
    >> Error in pdf(file = "test.pdf") : unable to start device
    >> pdf In addition: Warning message: In pdf(file =
    >> "test.pdf") : cannot open 'pdf' file argument 'test.pdf'
    >> 
    >> Until yesterday I could use the pdf() function without
    >> problems, so I am not sure what happened.  The error does
    >> not go away if I restart R or restart my computer.  Any
    >> ideas???
    >> 
    >> 
    >> 

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