dev2bitmap {base}R Documentation

Copy Graphics Device to Bitmap File

Description

Copy the current graphics device to a file in a bitmap graphics format.

Usage

dev2bitmap(file, type = "png256", height = 6, width = 6, res = 72,
           pointsize, ...)

Arguments

file The putput file name, with an appropriate extension.
type The type of bitmap. the default is "png256".
height The plot height, in inches.
width The plot width, in inches.
res Resolution, in dots per inch.
pointsize The pointsize to be used for text: defaults to something reasonable given the width and height
... Other parameters passes to postscript.

Details

dev2bitmap works by copying the current device to a postscript device, and post-processing the output file using ghostscript. You will need a recent version of ghostscript (5.10 and later have been tested): the full path to the executable can be set by the environment variable "R_GSCMD".

The types available will depend on the version of ghostscript, but are likely to include "pcxmono", "pcxgray", "pcx16", "pcx256", "pcx24b", "pcxcmyk", "pbm", "pbmraw", "pgm", "pgmraw", "pgnm", "pgnmraw", "pnm", "pnmraw", "ppm", "ppmraw", "pkm", "pkmraw", "tiffcrle", "tiffg3", "tiffg32d", "tiffg4", "tifflzw", "tiffpack", "tiff12nc", "tiff24nc", "psmono", "psgray", "psrgb", "bit", "bitrgb", "bitcmyk", "pngmono", "pnggray", "png16", "png256", "png16m", "jpeg", "jpeggray", "pdfwrite".

Value

None.

Warning

This is experimental and may be withdrawn in favour of an equivalent device in a later version.

Author(s)

B. D. Ripley

See Also

postscript


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