On 1/30/07, Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 5. R does not know how to produce .wmf -- under Windows, R does > > device-independent graphics calls that are translated to .wmf, .png, > > .jpeg, or screen images by the operating system as required. > > That's true for wmf and on-screen displays, but R on Windows uses open > source code (in the src/gnuwin32/bitmap directory) for png and jpeg. > I've sometimes wondered why other platforms don't use that code too, to > avoid the need for X11 to generate those formats.
More curiously, why doesn't R look into, say, Cairo for its bitmap drawing needs? I'm pretty sure there are even already a couple implementations of cairo-based devices around. -- Byron Ellis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "Oook" -- The Librarian _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
