Thank you Peter Dalgaard.
When I open a DOS box and type gswin32c, I do indeed get an error message
saying that it can't find the program. I edited the Windows system
environmental variable "Path" and the user environmental variable "PATH"
(wasn't sure which to edit), to contain the follwing after a semicolon
"C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.54\bin\". This effectively fixed the Dos box problem.
I now get a GS prompt when I type gswin32c.
When I restart R and use the following code, I no longer get an error message.
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> attach(cars)
> bitmap(file='C:\\Documents and Settings\\m007704\\Desktop\\test.tif',
+ type = "tifflzw", res = 1200)
> plot(speed ~ dist)
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Alas, if it was only that easy! When I look on my desktop (to which the file
address above correctly refers to), there is no image file of any sort to be
found. Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?
Brant Inman
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It needs to be in your Path. If you open up a "DOS box" and type
gswin32c, I bet you get the same error message. You can fix this by
editing the Path (via My Computer/Properties/Advanced/Environment
variables, as you seem to know). If you use the R_GSCMD route, you may
get in trouble with the embedded space in "Program Files" ("dir/x c:"
will tell you the equivalent space-free name). Also, remember that
environment changes do not affect running programs so you may need to
exit R and restart.
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