[R] GIF graphics device

[Terry J. Westley]

In response to my question:
>    Is there a GIF graphics device or some other way to generate
>    a GIF from an R plot instead of postscript?

Chong Gu [mailto:chong at stat.purdue.edu] writes:
> If you use X-windows, you may use XV (not part of R) to do the format
> conversion.

Guido Masarotto [guido at hal.stat.unipd.it] writes:
> The Windows graphics device can save plots as GIF or metafile
> (which should give better resolution). Plots can also be copied
> to the clipboard as bitmap or metafile.
> Just use the menu.

I should have said that I want to support both Unix (Sparc/Solaris)
and Windows, so I was looking for a generic solution within R
rather than using a Unix utility (xv) or something only available
in Windows.  I'd like to do this automatically so the user does not
have to invoke an image capture program.

--
Terry J. Westley, Principal Engineer
Veridian Engineering, Calspan Operations
P.O. Box 400, Buffalo, NY 14225
twestley at buffalo.veridian.com    http://www.veridian.com

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