Thanks for all those contributions. What I can see as an action point is that quartz.save(..) should be extended to allow a DPI specification when used with type='png', such that you will get hi- res WYSIWYG. The later is crucial to me to be honest, that's why I was discouraging the use of png(..), bitmap(..) and friends. Although essentially the same can be achieved by using quartz.save(.., type='pdf')+Preview, but reducing the Preview step may be worthwhile.
Cheers, Simon On Jan 30, 2007, at 5:22 PM, Martin Henry H. Stevens wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
