[R] Output Graphics GIF

[Mike Marchywka]

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 23:59:50 -0300
From: nilzabarros at gmail.com
To: tal.galili at gmail.com
CC: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Output Graphics GIF


On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Tal Galili  wrote:

> I am guessing you are saving the plot using the menu system.
>
> If that is the case, have a look at:
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> ?pdf
> ?png
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> Generally, I like saving my graphics to pdf since it is vectorized.

btw, is SVG supported at all? Now that you mention it that could be a good
option for some plots. I just used pdf earlier for testing but if you just have a simple
plot as a picture then an image format should be a better choice. I've always
complained about the cost-benefit for pdf compared to alternatives but
if used properly it can be a good choice in some cases ( I think I tried
to explain some objections I had to pdf files  on the itext mailing list, 
a package which may be of interest to the other poster intereted in 
manipulating pdf files). 

Use a format beneficial for the type of data you have. 

>
> Cheers,
> Tal
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>