[R-SIG-Mac] quartz.save()

[Byron Ellis]

quartz.save() can also be easily emulated using dev.copy:

quartz.save(file,type="pdf",...) {
 dev.copy(quartz,file=file,type=type,...)
 dev.close()
}

which also lets you do things like...

quartz.save("clipboard://")

which copies directly to the clipboard (handy for people making
Keynote presentations)



On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Prof Brian Ripley
<ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Todd A. Johnson wrote:
>
>  > Hi Peter & Ricardo
>  >
>  > The same thing can be done in 2.7.0 with:
>  >
>  > quartz(type="pdf", file="/Users/username/wherever")
>  > plot(0,0)
>  > dev.off()
>  >
>  > help(quartz) for additional options
>
>  I don't think so: that does not save the current plot.  You could adapt
>  dev.copy2pdf() to come very close (or just use it -- R's pdf device will
>  copy well enough unless you need exotic fonts).
>
>  I think the changes needed are from
>
>      oc$device <- pdf
>      oc$onefile <- FALSE
>      if (is.null(oc$paper))
>          oc$paper <- "special"
>  to
>      oc$device <- quartz
>      oc$type <- "pdf"
>
>  but I'm not sitting in front of a Mac.
>
>  (Had quartz(type="pdf") been working at feature freeze for 2.7.0 we might
>  have made this an option in dev.copy2pdf, but it was broken until
>  recently.)
>
>
>
>  >
>  >
>  > Best wishes,
>  >
>  > Todd
>  >
>  >
>  > On 4/14/08 Monday, April 14, 2008,4:18 PM, "[Ricardo Rodriguez] Your XEN ICT
>  > Team" <webmaster at xen.net> wrote:
>  >
>  >> Hi Peter, all,
>  >>
>  >> Peter Cowan wrote:
>  >>> Hello all,
>  >>>
>  >>> I'm having trouble with the quartz.save(), I know this is an
>  >>> undocumented function, and perhaps it is to be removed in 2.7.0.
>  >>> However, I find it very useful though I have been having trouble with
>  >>> it lately.
>  >>>
>  >>> Specifically, I get:
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>> quartz()
>  >>>> plot(0,0)
>  >>>> quartz.save('temp.pdf')
>  >>>>
>  >>> Error in .Call("QuartzSaveContents", device, file, type, list(...)) :
>  >>>   C symbol name "QuartzSaveContents" not in load table
>  >>>
>  >>> I know that quartz.save() has been discussed recently on the list, but
>  >>> I didn't see this particular issue addressed.
>  >>>
>  >>> Thanks
>  >>>
>  >>> Peter
>  >>>
>  >>> R GUI r5072
>  >>
>  >> I'm getting exactly the same behavior here. Same R.app GUI, r5072,
>  >> version.string R version 2.7.0 beta (2008-04-12 r45280).
>  >>
>  >> And I also find this function really useful. Sorry, I've not followed
>  >> previous discussions, so I am not aware of possible alternatives. Accept
>  >> my apologies if they are quite obvious.
>  >>
>  >> Thanks,
>  >>
>  >> Ricardo
>  >
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