pdf
Write PDF graphics commands to a file
postscript
Writes PostScript graphics commands to
a file
xfig
Device for XFIG graphics file format
bitmap
bitmap pseudo-device via
Ghostscript
(if available).
pictex
Writes TeX/PicTeX graphics commands to a
file (of historical interest only)
The following devices will be functional if R was compiled to use them (they exist but will return with a warning on other systems):
cairo_pdf
, cairo_ps
PDF and PostScript
devices based on cairo graphics.
svg
SVG device based on cairo graphics.
png
PNG bitmap device
jpeg
JPEG bitmap device
bmp
BMP bitmap device
tiff
TIFF bitmap device
unix quartz
The graphics device for the OS X
native Quartz 2d graphics system. (This is only functional on
OS X where it can be used from the R.app
GUI and from the
command line: but it will display on the local screen even for a
remote session.)
options("device")
which is initially set as the most
appropriate for each platform: a screen device for most interactive use and
pdf
(or the setting of R_DEFAULT_DEVICE)
otherwise. The exception is interactive use under Unix if no screen
device is known to be available, when pdf()
is used.It is possible for an R package to provide further graphics devices and several packages on CRAN do so. These include other devices outputting SVG and PGF/TiKZ (TeX-based graphics, see http://pgf.sourceforge.net/).
windows.options
,
unix
X11.options
, quartz.options
,
ps.options
and pdf.options
for how to
customize devices. dev.interactive
,
dev.cur
, dev.print
,
graphics.off
, image
,
dev2bitmap
.
unix
capabilities
to see if X11
,
jpeg
png
, tiff
,
quartz
and the cairo-based devices are available.