Thanks, running r44621 works well (on my FC5 box) and I can make various plots (I just did some limited testing).
When I run the 'TestChars()' example in 'points' I get many warnings of the form: 1: In plot.xy(xy.coords(x, y), type = type, ...) : pch value '128' is invalid in this locale 2: In plot.xy(xy.coords(x, y), type = type, ...) : pch value '129' is invalid in this locale 3: In plot.xy(xy.coords(x, y), type = type, ...) : pch value '130' is invalid in this locale The warnings go until 49: In plot.xy(xy.coords(x, y), type = type, ...) : pch value '176' is invalid in this locale 50: In plot.xy(xy.coords(x, y), type = type, ...) : pch value '177' is invalid in this locale after which I think the warnings are not saved. Given the note in 'points' I sense this is expected? TestChars(sign = -1) and TestChars(font = 5) do not give any warnings but some odd looking characters do appear on the device. Here is my sessionInfo: > sessionInfo() R version 2.7.0 Under development (unstable) (--) x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu locale: LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base other attached packages: [1] lattice_0.17-6 RColorBrewer_1.0-2 cacher_0.1-1 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] digest_0.3.1 grid_2.7.0 tools_2.7.0 -roger Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > Revision r44621 supports (in a limited way) cairo 1.0 and hence I believe > vanilla FC5 -- I found what purports to be a vanilla FC5 box and it works > quite well there. > > Two people have reported that the svg(), cairo-pdf() and cairo-ps() > devices produce blank (but not empty) files. I was able to confirm that > on Debian etch (cairo 1.2.4). They do work on cairo 1.4.14 (F8) and > better on a 1.5.10 snapshot. > > We've got a working version on Mac OS X, but you need to install cairo. > > Finally, the quality of the fonts you see will depend on what fonts you > have installed: if you only have X11 bitmapped fonts, that is what you > will get (and I am getting on our minimally configured Debian etch > machine). Our Fedora installations are mainly using the URW Type 1 fonts > in the urw-fonts RPM. One of the alternatives is RH's liberation fonts > (https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/). > > On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > >> That call is from Cairo 1.2, so looks like our test FC5 box had a later >> version of the cairo libraries than the one pkg-config reported. >> >> You should be able to build with --without-cairo until such a time as we can >> add a suitable configure test. >> >> Thank you for the report. >> >> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Roger Peng wrote: >> >>> (Apologies, I meant to 'Reply to all' the first time but forgot). >>> >>> I built r44608 of R-devel with (I think) cairo support. At least, >>> that's what the configure script told me. In addition, >>> 'capabilities("cairo")' is TRUE. Calling X11(type = "Cairo") gives me >>> the error: >>> >>> Error in X11() : X11 module cannot be loaded >>> In addition: Warning message: >>> In X11() : >>> unable to load shared library >>> '/home/rpeng/install/R-devel/lib64/R/modules//R_X11.so': >>> /home/rpeng/install/R-devel/lib64/R/modules//R_X11.so: undefined >>> symbol: cairo_image_surface_get_data >>> >>> >>> I figured I must be missing a library somewhere, but I'm not sure how >>> to track down which one. Any thoughts here? >>> >>> I'm on a FC5 system with: >>> >>> cairo-devel-1.0.4-1 >>> cairo-1.0.4-1 >>> cairo-1.0.4-1 >>> >>> and >>> >>> pango-1.12.4-4 >>> pango-devel-1.12.4-4 >>> pango-1.12.4-4 >>> >>> Also, I have >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] R-source]$ pkg-config --modversion pango >>> 1.12.4 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] R-source]$ pkg-config --modversion cairo >>> 1.0.4 >>> >>> -roger >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Prof Brian Ripley >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> R-devel has new versions of the X11(), png() and jpeg() devices on >>>> Unix-alikes. The intention is that these are used identically to the >>>> previous versions (which remain available) but will produce >>>> higher-quality >>>> output with more features. >>>> >>>> Pros: >>>> >>>> Antialiasing of text and lines (can be turned off) but no blurring of >>>> fills. >>>> >>>> Buffering of the X11 display and fast repainting from a backing image. >>>> (The intention is to emulate the timer-based buffering of the windows() >>>> device in due course, but not for 2.7.0.) >>>> >>>> Ability to use translucent colours, including backgrounds, and produce >>>> partially transparent PNG files. >>>> >>>> Scalable text, including to sizes like 4.5 pt. This allows more accurate >>>> sizing on non-standard screen sizes (e.g. my home machine has a 90dpi >>>> 1650x1024 display whereas standard X11 fonts are set up for 75 or 100 >>>> dpi). >>>> >>>> Full support for UTF-8, so on systems with suitable fonts you can plot in >>>> many languages on a single figure (and this will work even in non-UTF-8 >>>> locales). The output should be locale-independent (unlike the current >>>> devices where even English text is rendered slightly differently in >>>> Latin-1 and UTF-8 locales). >>>> >>>> A utility function savePlot() to make a PNG/JPEG/TIFF copy of the current >>>> plot. >>>> >>>> The new png() and jpeg() devices do not require an X server to be >>>> running. >>>> >>>> Cons: >>>> >>>> Needs more software installed - cairo, pango and support packages (which >>>> on all the systems we have looked at are pulled in by the packages >>>> checked >>>> for). You will see something like >>>> >>>> Additional capabilities: PNG, JPEG, iconv, MBCS, NLS, cairo >>>> ^^^^^ >>>> if configure finds the software we are looking for. >>>> >>>> Slower under some circumstances (although on the test systems much faster >>>> than packages Cairo and cairoDevice). This will be particularly true for >>>> X11() with a slow connection between the machine running R and the X >>>> server. >>>> >>>> The additional software might not work correctly. >>>> >>>> >>>> The new versions are not currently the default, but can be made so by >>>> setting X11.options(type="Cairo"), e.g. as a load hook for package >>>> grDevices. I am using >>>> >>>> setHook(packageEvent("grDevices", "onLoad"), >>>> function(...) { >>>> grDevices::ps.options(horizontal=FALSE) >>>> if(getRversion() >= '2.7.0') grDevices::X11.options(type="Cairo") >>>> }) >>>> >>>> >>>> Please try these out and let us know how you get on. As a check, try the >>>> TestChars() examples in ?points - on one Solaris 10 system a few of the >>>> symbol font characters were incorrect. It worked on an FC5 system with >>>> >>>> auk% pkg-config --modversion pango >>>> 1.12.4 >>>> auk% pkg-config --modversion cairo >>>> 1.0.4 >>>> >>>> so the versions required are not all recent. >>>> >>>> Although these devices would in principle work on Mac OS X, neither cairo >>>> nor pango is readily available. We are working on other versions for >>>> Mac OS (X11 based on cairo/freetype, png/jpeg based on Quartz). >>>> >>>> There are also new svg() and tiff() devices. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >>>> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >>>> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >>>> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Roger D. Peng | http://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~rpeng/ >>> >> -- >> Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 >> > -- Roger D. Peng | http://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~rpeng/ ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel