[R] Load svg, eps or png into graphics device?

[Rainer M Krug]

> On 20 Jun 2020, at 01:30, Abby Spurdle <spurdle.a using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If I understand your question correctly, you're already able to read
> an EPS file.
> So, essentially, you have an answer to your question.

Well - there are some dependencies (system as well as package dependencies) which I would like to cut down - that is why I am asking. 
> 
> Paul Murrell published an article on using raster graphics, in 2011.
> https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2011-1/RJournal_2011-1_Murrell.pdf
> 
> I would assume there's been progress since then.
> But I don't see the point here.

Depending on the use, it might be better to have a raster or a vector representation. But I agree - in general, is vector better.


> Writing what would otherwise be vector graphics to a raster-based

No - plantuml can also produce png graphs - these are the ones I am using for the raster representation.

> image file, and then reading it back into a vector graphics system,
> would create unnecessary problems.

That one is true.


Thanks,

Rainer

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> On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 2:56 AM Rainer M Krug <Rainer using krugs.de> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I have a package, which plots from the plantuml syntax (https://plantuml.com) graphs via a knitr engine, into a file, or into a graphics device (https://github.com/rkrug/plantuml).
>> 
>> I am using at the moment grImport for the eps import, but would like to cut down on dependencies.
>> 
>> Is there a way of bringing graphics files (png, sag, eps, …) into a graphics device in R?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Rainer
>> 
>> 
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