R help - Oct 2010 - Include externally generated pdf in output (without Sweave)

Dear useRs,

I generated a simple image-based report using the sequence:

pdf(....)
plot(.....)
textplot( for short texts, from gplots)
dev.off()

Is there an easy way to include an single pdf-page from an external file
(not R generated).

Note: For final reports, I know how to use Sweave, but I am looking for a
quick solution with less overhead. Something like textplot() for pdf.


Dieter

Hello Dieter,

Looking at this thread (from 2005)
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/10/14320.html
It seems you can't read a pdf file to R (at least then, I hope there was an
update since).

BUT

You could potentially read an image file (like, for example, tiff) using
something like
read.picture {SoPhy}
And then write that into the PDF you are creating in R.

The best thing is if there was some function to read a vector file into R
(and not only the pixel).  Maybe such a function exits, you should check.

Either way, great question.
Tal





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On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Dieter Menne
<dieter.menne@menne-biomed.de>wrote:
> Dear useRs,
>
> I generated a simple image-based report using the sequence:
>
> pdf(....)
> plot(.....)
> textplot( for short texts, from gplots)
> dev.off()
>
> Is there an easy way to include an single pdf-page from an external file
> (not R generated).
>
> Note: For final reports, I know how to use Sweave, but I am looking for a
> quick solution with less overhead. Something like textplot() for pdf.
>
>
> Dieter
>
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Tal Galili wrote:
> 
> You could potentially read an image file (like, for example, tiff) using
> something like
> read.picture {SoPhy} 
> 
Thanks to you and Baptiste Auguie. Looks like the best way would be to
import the picture as a pixel graphics with "read.picture". It might
be
possible to read ps with grImport (Murells/suggested by Baptiste), but I
always found the postscript-detour messy.

Dieter


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Importing as pixel image then replotting will probably reduce the quality of the
graph.  Another approach is to use the pdftk program (I have seen versions for
unix and windows) to add/insert the original pdf page into your document.

-- 
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
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801.408.8111

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> Subject: Re: [R] Include externally generated pdf in output (without
> Sweave)
> 
> 
> 
> Tal Galili wrote:
> >
> > You could potentially read an image file (like, for example, tiff)
> using
> > something like
> > read.picture {SoPhy}
> >
> 
> Thanks to you and Baptiste Auguie. Looks like the best way would be to
> import the picture as a pixel graphics with "read.picture". It
might be
> possible to read ps with grImport (Murells/suggested by Baptiste), but
> I
> always found the postscript-detour messy.
> 
> Dieter
> 
> 
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