I don't have a Linux system to try it with but omitting both dev.control statements it worked for me between two Windows XP sessions on the same machine using this version of R:
> R.version.string # Windows XP [1] "R version 2.4.1 Patched (2006-12-30 r40331)" It also successfully worked with: > R.version.string # Windows XP [1] "R version 2.5.0 Under development (unstable) (2007-01-31 r40623)" On 2/1/07, Patrick Connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 31-Jan-2007 at 12:11PM -0500, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > |> To get the best results you need to transfer it using vector > |> graphics rather than bitmapped graphics: > |> > |> http://www.stc-saz.org/resources/0203_graphics.pdf > |> > |> There are a number of variations described here (see > |> entire thread). Its for UNIX and Windows but I think > |> it would likely work similarly on Mac and Windows: > |> > |> http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/32297.html > > I found that interesting, particularly this part: > > For example, on Linux do this: > > dev.control(displaylist="enable") # enable display list > plot(1:10) > myplot <- recordPlot() # load displaylist into variable > save(myplot, file="myplot", ascii=TRUE) > > Send the ascii file, myplot, to the Windows machine and on Windows do this: > > dev.control(displaylist="enable") # enable display list > load("myplot") > myplot # displays the plot > savePlot("myplot", type="wmf") # saves current plot as wmf > > I tried that, but I was never able to load the myplot in the Windows > R. I always got a message about a syntax error to do with ' ' but I > was unable to work out what the problem was. I thought it was because > the transfer to Windows wasn't binary, but that wasn't the problem. > > I was unable to get the thread view at that archive to function so I > was unable to see if there were any follow ups which offered an > explanation. > > R has changed quite a bit in the years since then, so it might be that > something needs to be done differently with more recent versions. > > Has anyone done this recently? > > -- > ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. > ___ Patrick Connolly > {~._.~} Great minds discuss ideas > _( Y )_ Middle minds discuss events > (:_~*~_:) Small minds discuss people > (_)-(_) ..... Anon > > ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
