[R] Create pdf and postscript files

Ronnie Babigumira rb.glists at gmail.com
Tue Dec 27 11:18:31 CET 2005


You need to open the pdf/poscript first and then plot...see ?postscript

      # open the file "foo.ps" for graphics output
      postscript("foo.ps")
      # produce the desired graph(s)
      dev.off()              # turn off the postscript device




David Hajage wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> I would like to learn how to create a pdf and a postscript file from an R
> graphic.
> 
> For example, I tried :
> 
> 
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> plot(1)              # example
> 
> pdf("H:/Perso/essai.pdf")
> 
> postscript("H:/Perso/essai.ps")
> 
> 
> 
> But the pdf document created is empty.
> 
> 
> 
> How do these functions work ?
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> --
> David Hajage
> Interne de santé publique
> Institut Curie
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