Yes - I a now using grImport and eps (after trying svg and grImport2). I still need a temporary file, but I can live with that for the moment.
Thanks, Rainer > On 15 May 2018, at 14:00, Rainer M. Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: > > > > Von meinem iPhone gesendet > >> Am 15.05.2018 um 13:54 schrieb Johannes Ranke <johannes.ra...@jrwb.de >> <mailto:johannes.ra...@jrwb.de>>: >> >> Hi, >> >> have a look at the grImport package. It can import eps, so at least you get a >> vector based graph. > > Sounds interesting- I’ll check it out tomorrow and report back if it works > well. > >> >> Alternatively, you may want to check grImport2 which imports svg. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Johannes >> >> Am Dienstag, 15. Mai 2018, 13:22:16 CEST schrieb Rainer Krug: >>> Hi >>> >>> I asked the question at stack exchange yesterday ( >>> https://stackoverflow.com/q/50325139/632423 ) and did not get a response so >>> far, so I repost it here: >>> >>> #### >>> >>> I have the following situation: I use an external command (plantuml - >>> http://plantuml.com/ ) to create a graph. This is done via R by using a >>> (my) package ( https://github.com/rkrug/plantuml ). The resulting graph can >>> be a file (png, svg, eps, pdf, vdx or LaTeX/Tikz with or without preamble) >>> or I can send the image to stdout, using the same formats. >>> >>> Now I want to plot this graph as R-like as possible, i.e. in a graphic >>> device. At the moment I am using a temporary file, which I display using >>> readPNG() and grid::grid.raster() which works, but I am not that happy with >>> this approach as >>> >>> • I have to use a temporary file which I would like to avoid, and >>> • it is a raster format and I would prefer a vector format. >>> >>> My question is therefore: >>> >>> • Is there a way to display any of the vector formats in a graphics device >>> in R? • Can I pipe stdout (the result from the call to plantuml) directly >>> into the device (or through any function) without having to create an >>> intermediate file? >>> >>> #### >>> >>> Thanks for any [pointers, >>> >>> Rainer >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, >>> UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) >>> >>> University of Zürich >>> >>> Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57 >>> email: rai...@krugs.de >>> Skype: RMkrug >>> >>> PGP: 0x0F52F982 >> >> >> -- >> Johannes Ranke >> Wissenschaftlicher Berater >> https://jrwb.de/contact > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org <mailto:R-package-devel@r-project.org> mailing > list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel> -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) University of Zürich Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982
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