Smisc (version 0.3.9.1)

openDevice: Opens a graphics device based on the filename extension

Description

Based on the filename extension, will open plotting device using one of the following graphics functions: postscript, pdf, jpeg, tiff, png, or bmp.

Usage

openDevice(fileName, ...)

Arguments

fileName

Character string giving the filename for the graphics output. The following are acceptable filename extensions: ps, pdf, jpg, jpeg, tif, png, or bmp.

…

Named arguments to the device functions listed above. Arguments that do not match are silently ignored.

Value

The graphics device is opened and the filename is invisibly returned.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Open 3 example devices
openDevice("ex1.pdf", height=6, width=12)
plot(1:10, 1:10)

openDevice("ex1.jpg")
plot(1:10, 1:10)

openDevice("ex1.png")
plot(1:10, 1:10)

# List the devices and their filenames
dev.list()
dir(pattern = "ex1")

# Turn each of the 3 devices off
for (i in 1:3) {
  dev.off(dev.list()[length(dev.list())])
}

# Delete the created files
unlink(c("ex1.pdf","ex1.png","ex1.jpg"))

# List the current devices
dev.list()

# }