Hello, I'm not sure if this is the best list for my question, so please let me know if I should direct this elsewhere.
When I used R version 2.12.0 on my Mac (Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)), I often used svg() to create graphics which I then edited in Inkscape. When I updated to 2.12.2, the code that worked in 2.12.0 started returning an error, "cairo-based devices are not supported on this build". Same problem in 2.13 released today. And indeed, capabilities() returns FALSE for cairo, whereas it used to be TRUE. I tried using {RSvgDev}, but (1) I don't like that I cannot specify a pointsize, (2) it ignores any color specification of text (gray text is turned into black), and (3) the vectors come out aliased (i.e., an 'L' shaped vector becomes pixellated at the angle). svg() did not suffer from any of these problems. I also tried installing {cairoDevice}, but when I try to load it I get this: >require (cairoDevice) Loading required package: cairoDevice Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) : unable to load shared object '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/library/cairoDevice/libs/x86_64/cairoDevice.so': dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/library/cairoDevice/libs/x86_64/cairoDevice.so, 6): Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/GTK+.framework/Versions/2.18.X11/Resources/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.13/Resources/library/cairoDevice/libs/x86_64/cairoDevice.so Reason: image not found For now I have reverted to 2.12.0, but I was wondering if there is any way to build 2.13 with Cairo capabilities, or if anyone has advice for getting better-quality svg's in R? Many thanks, Sarah _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac