[R] R Graphics: Saving PDF and other formats from Windows Graphic Device for LaTeX

Mike Prager mike.prager at noaa.gov
Thu Oct 5 22:11:56 CEST 2006


Jens Scheidtmann <JensScheidtmann at web.de> wrote:
 
> Indispensable is having a good editing cycle.  I.e. compile the latex,
> jump to the position where you are editing the file in the preview,
> double click somewhere in the preview, move to that position in your
> editor (or at least near that position).  As I am not aware of any
> tools doing this with pdf, you may want to render dvi instead.  

Agreed.  As a point of interest, the newer Windows versions of
vTeX (by MicroPress) will do this (in both directions) with PDF.
This is a commercial TeX distribution with value added.  They
have a free distribution suitable for Unix or Linux, but I doubt
that it does that particular trick.

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Mike Prager, NOAA, Beaufort, NC
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