[Rd] Sweave support added to rgl package

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 20/04/2011 1:28 PM, Sharpie wrote:
> Duncan Murdoch-2 wrote:
> >
> >  I have just committed some code to the rgl package on
> >  https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/rgl/ to allow rgl images to be
> >  inserted into Sweave documents.  (This is not in the CRAN version yet.)
> >  It makes use of the custom graphics driver support added by Brian Ripley.
> >
> >  In R-devel (which will become R 2.14.0 next spring in New Zealand, next
> >  fall in most other places), usage is quite straightforward.  For
> >  example, code like this in a Sweave document:
> >
> >  <<fig=true, grdevice=rgl.Sweave, pdf=false, stayopen=TRUE>>=
> >  x<- rnorm(100); y<- rnorm(100); z<- rnorm(100)
> >  plot3d(x, y, z)
> >  @
> >
> >  will insert a .png snapshot of the figure.  Because that chunk has
> >  "stayopen=TRUE", it can be followed by another chunk to add
> >  to the figure, e.g.
> >
> >  <<fig=true, grdevice=rgl.Sweave, pdf=false>>=
> >  lines3d(x[1:10], y[1:10], z[1:10], col="red")
> >  @
> >
> >  All of this is possible in R 2.13.0, but it takes more work:  see the
> >  ?rgl.Sweave help page.
> >
> >  I will eventually add postscript and PDF output options as well, and
> >  perhaps some support for the LaTeX movie15 package, but those are not
> >  there yet.  Comments or bug reports are welcome.
> >
> >  Duncan Murdoch
> >
>
> This is great news Duncan!
>
> If you do consider adding support for movie15, the Asymptote graphics
> language may be handy:
>
> http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/
>
> Asymptote can embed 3D graphs into LaTeX documents that are fully
> zoomable/manipulatable. It also uses LaTeX to typeset the figure text.

Thanks.  That doesn't look easy, but it would indeed be a nice addition.

Duncan Murdoch


> -Charlie
>
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> Charlie Sharpsteen
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