On 1/30/2007 11:43 AM, Thomas Lumley wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, stefano iacus wrote: > >> Please stop this dogmatic war against/in_favor_of Word & Co. or I'm >> forced to close this thread. > > A dogma-free summary:
Not only dogma-free, but quite accurate. Not 100%.... > 1. Word (and the rest of office) doesn't display PDFs, but can display > PNG or JPEG > > 2. PNG is better for statistical graphics > > 3. PNG can be produced by drag-and-drop, with Preview from a PDF, or > directly from the png() driver. Simon (who should know) recommends drag > and drop. I have tended to use the png() driver at higher-than-screen > resolution. > > 4. Under Windows, PNG may require Quicktime in order to be displayed. > > 5. R does not know how to produce .wmf -- under Windows, R does > device-independent graphics calls that are translated to .wmf, .png, > .jpeg, or screen images by the operating system as required. That's true for wmf and on-screen displays, but R on Windows uses open source code (in the src/gnuwin32/bitmap directory) for png and jpeg. I've sometimes wondered why other platforms don't use that code too, to avoid the need for X11 to generate those formats. Duncan Murdoch > This means it > would not be easy to make .wmf on Mac. > > 6. Implementing .wmf output off Windows does not appear to be a high > priority for any of the active (core or non-core) developers. If it > happens, someone else will have to do it. > > 7. Many people have strong views on Word that go beyond questions of the > use of R on Mac OS X platforms. > > > -thomas > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
