[R] 2 questions about svg output

[Paul Murrell]

Hi

On 14/03/13 09:52, Ivan Zaigralin wrote:
> Hi everybody :)
>
> I use R to plot things in svg format. One of the things is text, of course.	
> I noticed that text() in svg() gets saved as path, which is unacceptable
> for my purposes. (Interestingly, text() in cairo_pdf() gets saved as text.)
> Is there a way to save text as text in svg?

You could try the 'gridSVG' package, but that will only work if your 
graphics are grid/lattice/ggplot2.

> And paths also is what I plot a lot. I know there is segments(), which plots
> disconnected segments, and things like polypath(), which create closed paths
> (and subpaths). These are all very useful, but is there a function to draw
> a multi-segment path without closing it? That is, without connecting the
> last vertex to the first one?

Try lines() (or grid.lines())

Paul

> Thanks!
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