[R] vector graphics

[Ivan Calandra]

Thanks Jean for the tip.
I'll try postscript() and devEMF::emf() and see if it works.
Still, it's very complicated to export vector graphics in R...

Ivan

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Le 07/10/15 00:16, Adams, Jean a écrit :
> Perhaps the discussion at this link will be helpful ... 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9555889/producing-a-vector-graphics-image-i-e-metafile-in-r-suitable-for-printing-in
>
> Jean
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Ivan Calandra 
> <ivan.calandra at univ-reims.fr <mailto:ivan.calandra at univ-reims.fr>> wrote:
>
>     Dear useRs,
>
>     A colleague of mine is having a problem with graphic devices. The
>     goal is to save into a vector graphic format that can be edited
>     with Illustrator CS4.
>
>     On my Mac (Snow Leopard), I use RSvgDevice::devSVG() and it works
>     fine.
>     But on her Windows Vista computer, I cannot find an alternative.>
>     sessionInfo()
>     R version 3.2.2 (2015-08-14)
>     Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
>     Running under: Windows Vista (build 6002) Service Pack 2
>
>     I have tried:
>     - pdf(): I cannot dissociate the graphical elements (no problem
>     with text)
>     - cairo_pdf(): the text is replaced by symbols
>     - cairo_ps(): fine except that the text is not text but object (it
>     is then a bit troublesome, as any text modification requires the
>     text to be completely rewritten)
>     - svg(): the graphic is completely screwed up (it seems to be a
>     scaling problem, with symbols and letters all very large and
>     superposed)
>     - RSvgDevice cannot be installed on the Windows machine, neither
>     as binary nor from source.
>
>     Is there any other device that could work? If not, is it a matter
>     of settings? So, basically, what can I do?
>
>     Thank you in advance,
>     Ivan
>
>     -- 
>     Ivan Calandra, PhD
>     University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
>     GEGENAA - EA 3795
>     CREA - 2 esplanade Roland Garros
>     51100 Reims, France
>     +33(0)3 26 77 36 89
>     ivan.calandra at univ-reims.fr <mailto:ivan.calandra at univ-reims.fr>
>     https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivan_Calandra
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