A few of you have helpfully sent me references to WMF formats. There is also some code to _read_ it at csn.ul.ie/~caolan/docs/libwmf.html However, the issue is to _write_ WMF on R under Unix. I am told (by someone who has tried) that the problem is the if you write a WMF file according to the published specs (which were once issued by Microsoft) you find that e.g. Word does not read it as you expected. It seems to me that an unreliable WMF writer is worse than none. In essence we have that problem on R for Windows now: the metafiles written there are in the wrong resolution (and I do know why) and hence are misinterpreted. However, when I try to write them in the right resolution, they are interpreted worse by Word, but correctly by another viewer! -- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272860 (secr) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Prof Brian Ripley skriver...> It seems to me that an unreliable WMF writer is worse than none. > In essence we have that problem on R for Windows now: the metafiles > written there are in the wrong resolution (and I do know why) and hence > are misinterpreted. However, when I try to write them in the > right resolution, they are interpreted worse by Word, but correctly > by another viewer!Asuming WMF is the same as Windows Metafile, GSview seems to have solved the trick. Why not let GSview deal with it. Why bother recreating what's already available and working fine. Perhaps all that's needed is a little documentation on how to best export graphics from R to Word using GSview. -- Peter Kleiweg let.rug.nl/~kleiweg -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
> > GSView, I believe, is no longer free.If you look at ghostgum.com.au cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/rjl.htm I think you will find that GSView is, in fact, free, but that you can - if you wish to support its development - register for AUD$40 ($USD25), as I did. There is supposedly a nag screen in the current version of GSView (I have not seen it : I paid the registration $), but I know that there was no such nag in earlier and quite recent versions, which presumably are still available for those who cannot/do not wish to pay the registration. John Aitchison -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._