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type: character string, one of ?"Xlib"? or ?"quartz"?
(some Mac OS
X builds) or ?"cairo"?. The latter will only be available
if
the system was compiled with support for cairo - otherwise
?"Xlib"? will be used. The default is set by
?getOption("bitmapType")? - the ?out of the box? default is
?"quartz"? or ?"cairo"? where available,
otherwise ?"Xlib"?.
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011, Mario Valle wrote:
> On Linux 2.13 by default links cairo, so png() uses it for rendering.
> One of my users has performance problem, so ask if it possible to temporary
> disable cairo during png() rendering so it reverts to grGraphics.
Whatever that is ... Xlib perhaps?
> My workaround for now is to configure R without cairo, but this affects all
> users that are forced to load and use CairoDevice if they wants better
> quality.
> I want to avoid this, is it possible?
> Thanks!
> mario
>
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