[R] vector graphics

[Ivan Calandra]

For the record, it seems that devEMF::emf() works fine on the Windows 
Vista SP2 machine with R3.2.2 and Illustrator CS4: the text is 
recognized as text and every point/line can be dissociated.

Ivan

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Ivan Calandra, PhD
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
GEGENAA - EA 3795
CREA - 2 esplanade Roland Garros
51100 Reims, France
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ivan.calandra at univ-reims.fr
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Le 07/10/15 10:05, Ivan Calandra a écrit :
> 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
>
> -- 
> 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
> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivan_Calandra
>
> 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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