[R] exporting text output to pdf

[David Winsemius]

On Jan 18, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Dimitri Shvorob wrote:

>
> Let's revisit my fist post
>
> How can I get a normal-font-sized 'Hello world' displayed on a page,  
> with a
> plot underneath, instead of a giant 'Hello world' on one page, and a  
> plot on
> another?

I suggested that you look at the wiki and you said it had nothing of  
interest. It does, in fact, offer worked examples for various packages  
dealing with image formats, and here is one I modified after  
installing the ReadImages package:

 > library(ReadImages)
 > pdf()
 > jpeg <- read.jpeg(file.choose())   # I picked the R logo in the  
library subdirectory for that package
 > plot(jpeg)
 > mtext("Hello, World")
 > dev.off()

It did what you specified. I think you need to be a bit more diligent  
when you are given good advice.

-- 
David.


>
> Then
>
> The goal is to produce a proper-looking PDF *document* with text and  
> images
> - similar to what I could do in HTML with hwriter package.
>
> Document as opposed to annotated plot.
>
> There is the difficulty of defining, specifically, a 'proper  
> document', and
> not everyone is familiar with hwriter. How about this: I want an  
> interface
> in which commands like
>
> page = pdf(..)
> print(page, "some text")
> printImage(page, "someimage.jpg")
> close(page)
>
> would produce a one-page PDF document with a line of text and a  
> picture.
>
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David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT