Nice writing -- to the point. I have read the advice about png, and when I use bitmap with res=400, it is great. However, lower resolution (with drag and drop) is jaggy enough to be, IMHO, less- than publication quality and less than good enough for my presentations. This seems like a problem on my computer, or a simple difference of opinion that would be great to be shared (option 1, option 2). Disagreements are healthy, yes? Hank On Jan 30, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Thomas Lumley wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, stefano iacus wrote: > >> Please stop this dogmatic war against/in_favor_of Word & Co. or I'm >> forced to close this thread. > > A dogma-free summary: > > 1. Word (and the rest of office) doesn't display PDFs, but can > display > PNG or JPEG > > 2. PNG is better for statistical graphics > > 3. PNG can be produced by drag-and-drop, with Preview from a PDF, or > directly from the png() driver. Simon (who should know) recommends > drag > and drop. I have tended to use the png() driver at higher-than-screen > resolution. > > 4. Under Windows, PNG may require Quicktime in order to be displayed. > > 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. This > means it > would not be easy to make .wmf on Mac. > > 6. Implementing .wmf output off Windows does not appear to be a high > priority for any of the active (core or non-core) developers. If it > happens, someone else will have to do it. > > 7. Many people have strong views on Word that go beyond questions > of the > use of R on Mac OS X platforms. > > > -thomas > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac Dr. Hank Stevens, Assistant Professor 338 Pearson Hall Botany Department Miami University Oxford, OH 45056 Office: (513) 529-4206 Lab: (513) 529-4262 FAX: (513) 529-4243 http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenmh/ http://www.muohio.edu/ecology/ http://www.muohio.edu/botany/ "E Pluribus Unum" _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
