R help - Mar 2009 - Generating EPS figures automatically (like Sweave)

Hello,

Is there a way to generate EPS figures automatically out of a chunk  
of code?  Basically, I would like to do something like Sweave does (I  
just find it a little cumbersome to create a .Rnw file and then keep  
track of the figure numbering).  Thanks for your time.

Ery Arias-Castro

Hmmm, I am not quite sure what you mean by 'automatically', but maybe
you want to read ?postscript.

(Although this is still not automatic, the machine cannot really do it
without you pressing the keys on the keyboard in the right order.)

Best,
Gabor

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:27 PM, eariasca <eariasca at math.ucsd.edu>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to generate EPS figures automatically out of a chunk of
code?
> ?Basically, I would like to do something like Sweave does (I just find it a
> little cumbersome to create a .Rnw file and then keep track of the figure
> numbering). ?Thanks for your time.
>
> Ery Arias-Castro
>
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Gabor Csardi <Gabor.Csardi at unil.ch>     UNIL DGM

eariasca <eariasca <at> math.ucsd.edu> writes:
> Is there a way to generate EPS figures automatically out of a chunk  
> of code?  Basically, I would like to do something like Sweave does (I  
> just find it a little cumbersome to create a .Rnw file and then keep  
> track of the figure numbering).  
I normally use this type of code when not using Sweave

ToPostscript = TRUE
if (ToPostscript){
 
trellis.device("postscript",file="myfile.ps",width=6,height=4,color=FALSE)
} else
{
  windows( height=4,width=6)
}
# Do the plot-works

if (ToPostscript){
  dev.off()
  sink()
}


## And use GhostFriend from 
http://www.noliturbare.com/ReadGhostFriend.htm 
to create TIFF if your publisher asks for it.