[R] Load svg, eps or png into graphics device?

[Abby Spurdle]

If I understand your question correctly, you're already able to read
an EPS file.
So, essentially, you have an answer to your question.

Paul Murrell published an article on using raster graphics, in 2011.
https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2011-1/RJournal_2011-1_Murrell.pdf

I would assume there's been progress since then.
But I don't see the point here.
Writing what would otherwise be vector graphics to a raster-based
image file, and then reading it back into a vector graphics system,
would create unnecessary problems.


On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 2:56 AM Rainer M Krug <Rainer using krugs.de> wrote:
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> I have a package, which plots from the plantuml syntax (https://plantuml.com) graphs via a knitr engine, into a file, or into a graphics device (https://github.com/rkrug/plantuml).
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> I am using at the moment grImport for the eps import, but would like to cut down on dependencies.
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> Is there a way of bringing graphics files (png, sag, eps, …) into a graphics device in R?
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> Thanks,
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> Rainer
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