[R] tikzDevice and Sweave

[Naresh Gurbuxani]

Resending as a useable example

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

Figure~\ref{tikzExampleFig} is an example of \texttt{tikzDevice} package. 

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}

<<name = tikzFig, echo = FALSE, results = tex>>=
# % <<name = tikzFig, echo = FALSE, fig = TRUE>>=

# %<<tikzFig, echo = FALSE, fig = TRUE>>=
# setwd("/Users/nareshgurbuxani/Documents/tex/tikz")
library(tikzDevice)

tikz(console = TRUE)
plot(sin, -pi, 2*pi, main = "A stand alone TikZ plot", xlab = "x", ylab = "sin(x)")
dummy <- dev.off()
@

\caption{Example of tikz graph}
\label{tikzExampleFig}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

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> Subject: Re: [R] tikzDevice and Sweave
> To: naresh_gurbuxani at hotmail.com; r-help at r-project.org
> From: murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 15:40:24 -0500
>
> On 17/01/2016 3:25 PM, Naresh Gurbuxani wrote:
>> I want to use tikz() function in tikzDevice package so that it generates a pdf file to be included in the bigger tex file. Below code works, but directly inserts tikz commands in the output tex file.
>> This works:
>> <<name = tikzFig, echo = FALSE, results = tex>>=
>> This does not work:
>> <<name = tikzFig, echo = FALSE, fig = TRUE>>=
>> Full code is given below:
>> \documentclass{article}\usepackage{tikz}
>> Figure~\ref{tikzExampleFig} is and an example of \texttt{tikzDevice} package.
>> \begin{figure}\begin{center}
>> <<name = tikzFig, echo = FALSE, results = tex>>=
>> library(tikzDevice)tikz(console = TRUE)plot(sin, -pi, pi, main = "A stand alone TikZ plot", xlab = "x", ylab = "sin(x)")dummy <- dev.off()@
>> \caption{Example of tikz graph}\label{tikzExampleFig}\end{center}\end{figure}
>> \end{document}
>
> Your example isn't usable -- please post in plain text, not HTML.
>
> I can't tell whether you are trying to use Sweave or knitr. If you're
> using knitr, see the discussion of dev = "tikz" in
> <http://yihui.name/knitr/>. If you're using Sweave, you probably need
> pgfSweave.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>