R help - Nov 2010 - rgl.snapshot() : no longer works?

Hi all,
> library(rgl)
> plot3d(1,1,1)
> snapshot3d("somefile.png")
Error in rgl.snapshot(...) : 
  pixmap save format not supported in this build


Why does this no longer work?

thanks,
Remko
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_Australia.1252  LC_CTYPE=English_Australia.1252   
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_Australia.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C                      
[5] LC_TIME=English_Australia.1252    

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] YPLANTER2_0.1   LeafAngle_1.0.3 gpclib_1.5-1    geometry_0.1-7 
rgl_0.92.794   

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_2.12.0
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On 02/11/2010 8:24 PM, Remko Duursma wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>> library(rgl)
>> plot3d(1,1,1)
>> snapshot3d("somefile.png")
> Error in rgl.snapshot(...) :
>    pixmap save format not supported in this build
>
>
> Why does this no longer work?
The build for 2.12.0 on CRAN doesn't have png support built in.  I'm 
currently working with Uwe to fix this.

Duncan Murdoch
>
> thanks,
> Remko
>
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
> Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
>
> locale:
> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_Australia.1252  LC_CTYPE=English_Australia.1252
> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_Australia.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
> [5] LC_TIME=English_Australia.1252
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] YPLANTER2_0.1   LeafAngle_1.0.3 gpclib_1.5-1    geometry_0.1-7
> rgl_0.92.794
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] tools_2.12.0