Thanks, actually I had thought on Lynx as an option, so your opinion encourages me to try. But wanted to solve the problem within the OO environment as well.
Agus Marc Schwartz escribió: > See comments inline: > > Agustin Lobo wrote: >> Thanks for your answers, let me summarize the situation: >> >> 1. I've tested the SVG import for OO, it's not great >> but it is much better than what you get for EMF. I know >> nothing about SVG, though, perhaps it is not the >> best graphics format. > > In theory, SVG would be something of an ideal format, because it is open > and provides for high quality graphics for viewing AND printing. It is > being increasingly used, but still has yet to be fully supported in most > applications. For example, OO.org's Draw application can generate SVG > graphics, but as noted, does not fully support importing them back into > the OO.org apps. > >> 2. I need the figure displayed on the screen, I'm using >> Impress (the equivalent of ppt). Thus EPS is not an option, > > Two recommendations, if this is for presentation: > > 1. Use LaTeX, specifically the Beamer package. This will generate PDF > slide files, which you can then display using the full screen viewing > features of applications like Adobe's Reader. This is what I with R/Sweave. > > More information here: > > http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net/ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamer_(LaTeX) > > > > 2. Import the R EPS files into OO.org as per your normal routine. Then, > when ready, print the document to a PS file, using a PS compatible > printer driver. You don't actually have to have a PS printer, just > install a PS driver. When you go to print the document, there will be an > option someplace in the dialogs to "print to file". Do so. This will > give you a PS file, with the high quality vector based EPS images, not > the bitmapped previews. > > Then use 'ps2pdf' to convert the PS file you create above to a PDF file. > This leaves you in essentially the same place as LaTeX, where you can > then use the full screen viewing mode of a PDF viewer. I used to use > this option several years ago, before I began to use LaTeX almost > exclusively. > > >> 3. I do not see any pdf import functionality in OO, I get it >> as text and in OO writer. PDF is not listed among >> the supported formats in Impress for inserting graphic files. >> I did not try the development version of OO, perhaps this is >> an alternative. > > PDF import will be new for OO.org 3.x. It is not available in the > current 2.x stable release versions. > > HTH, > > Marc > >> Agus >> >> Marc Schwartz escribió: >>> A reasonable question here might be, what do you intend to do with >>> the SVG file, once you have it. OO.org does not natively import SVG >>> files and the only import filter that I am aware of for it: >>> >>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SVG_Import_Filter >>> >>> is an incomplete implementation. This means that your resultant >>> graphic could end up 'brain damaged' after import. >>> >>> Not even OO.org 3.x, which is in development, will support this >>> natively. Though they are adding PDF import functionality. >>> >>> Importing EPS graphs into OO.org works great and if you need a >>> preview image, you can have one if you have the proper tools >>> installed as Prof. Ripley notes. You can either do this from the >>> command line or during the actual import process. Just keep in mind >>> that what you will see in the document is the bitmapped preview, not >>> the vector based EPS image. OO.org, like MS Office, does not render >>> EPS images. >>> >>> You of course also need to print the document to a PS compatible >>> printer, lest you simply get the bitmapped preview image output. Same >>> thing BTW, with the default PDF export functions in OO.org. >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Marc Schwartz >>> >>> Prof Brian Ripley wrote: >>>> R 2.7.0 RC has an svg() device on Unix-alikes, and there are >>>> RSvgDevice and RSVGTipsDevice packages on CRAN. >>>> >>>> I've seen so many problems with SVG renderers (especially related to >>>> fonts) that I would prefer not to rely on it. >>>> >>>> If this is Windows, the preferred route seems to be to use EPS with >>>> a preview (which GSView can add for you). >>>> >>>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Stefan Grosse wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:20:35 +0200 Agustin Lobo wrote: >>>>> AL>I have problems with emf files because OpenOffice does >>>>> AL>a poor job at importing figures in this format. On the other >>>>> AL>hand, imported eps figures are not displayed, just printed. >>>>> AL>Is there any R graphic gui able to export as SVG (or >>>>> AL>other vector format)? I've >>>>> AL>tried JGR, iplots and svGUI. >>>>> >>>>> The figures format has nothing to do with the gui. It matters which >>>>> devices are supported by your R platform on your system >>>>> (Win/Linux/Mac?). >>>>> >>>>> A quick search on r-project.org pointed me to the Cairo package. Maybe >>>>> you can try that. >>>>> >>>>> You will also have reasonable results using the png device/graphics. >>>>> >>>>> usually you do something like: >>>>> >>>>> png("myplot.png",width=500,height=500) >>>>> plot(x,y) >>>>> dev.off() >>>>> >>>>> hth >>>>> Stefan >>>> >>> >>> >> > > -- Dr. Agustin Lobo Institut de Ciencies de la Terra "Jaume Almera" (CSIC) LLuis Sole Sabaris s/n 08028 Barcelona Spain Tel. 34 934095410 Fax. 34 934110012 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ija.csic.es/gt/obster ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
