Re: [R] Plotting directly to memory?

2023-05-28 Thread Jan van der Laan
Perhaps the ragg package? That has an `agg_capture` device "that lets you access the device buffer directly from your R session." https://github.com/r-lib/ragg HTH, Jan On 28-05-2023 13:46, Duncan Murdoch wrote: Is there a way to open a graphics device that plots entirely to an array

Re: [R] Plotting directly to memory?

2023-05-28 Thread Jeroen Ooms
On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 1:46 PM Duncan Murdoch wrote: > > Is there a way to open a graphics device that plots entirely to an array > or raster in memory? I'd prefer it to use base graphics, but grid would > be fine if it makes a difference. > > For an explicit example, I'd like to do the

[R] Plotting directly to memory?

2023-05-28 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Is there a way to open a graphics device that plots entirely to an array or raster in memory? I'd prefer it to use base graphics, but grid would be fine if it makes a difference. For an explicit example, I'd like to do the equivalent of this: filename <- tempfile(fileext = ".png")