[R] How to vectorize plot graphic?

[Alexander Shenkin]

Thanks Carl.  Yeah, I can get vectorized graphics out via
ggsave("temp.pdf") too.  But I need to add the graphic to a word doc on
windows.  Hence the desire to use wmf, which should induce a vector
format (shouldn't it?).

On 12/1/2013 10:39 AM, Carl Witthoft wrote:
> Off the top of my head,  I'd suggest trying ggsave()  with the extension
> ".svg" .  I realize that SVG files are not recognized by some image display
> apps (Microsoft Windows I'm looking at YOU), but IMHO it's the best choice 
> for vectorized images.
> 
> 
> Alexander Shenkin wrote
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Using ggplot, I've produced the following graphic:
>> http://i.imgur.com/39a139C.png
>>
>> The graphics in the plot seem to be bitmapped and not vectorized.  That
>> is, the vertical and horizontal lines jump rows of pixels instead of
>> having just nice, angled lines.  Any thoughts about how to get these
>> graphics vectorized?  Or am I misunderstanding something?
>>
>> Another example:
>>
>> The code:
>>
>>     require(ggplot2)
>>     df = data.frame(x = c(1:360), y = sin(seq(0,2*pi*3,length.out = 360)))
>>     ggplot(df, aes(x=x, y=y)) + geom_line()
>>
>> produces http://i.imgur.com/mjjSKih.png
>>
>> Perhaps what I'm dealing with here is my screen resolution.  However, I
>> use ggsave() to save .wmf files, and those also turn out to be bitmaps
>> and not vectors.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Allie
>>
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