[R-SIG-Mac] saving files using quartz engine

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Denis Chabot wrote:

> Hi,
>
> is there a reason that the quartz device does not like the "~" in 
> file names, whereas most functions handling files (including pdf() ) 
> have no problem with it?

Yes.
[Hint: no one contributed a patch for this wishlist item.  The authors 
of mainstream graphics devices were generous enough to add tilde 
expansion: but you failed to thank them!  Do remember that the people 
who gave you the gift of R are listening.]

The author of pdf().

>
> Thus
>
> pdf(file="/Users/dchabot/Documents/Programmes R/test.pdf", type="pdf", width=6, height=5) # works
> pdf(file=~/Documents/Programmes R/test.pdf", type="pdf", width=6, height=5) # works
>
> quartz(file="~/Documents/Programmes R/test.pdf", type="pdf", width=6, height=5) # does not work
> quartz(file="/Users/dchabot/Documents/Programmes R/test.pdf", type="pdf", width=6, height=5) # works
>
> Cheers,
>
> Denis
>
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