| Devices {grDevices} | R Documentation |
The following graphics devices are currently available:
postscript Writes PostScript graphics commands to
a file
pdf Write PDF graphics commands to a file
pictex Writes LaTeX/PicTeX graphics commands to a
file
xfig Device for XFIG graphics file format
bitmap bitmap pseudo-device via
GhostScript (if available).
The following devices will be available if R was compiled to use them and started with the appropriate --gui argument:
None of these are available under R CMD BATCH.
If no device is open, using a high-level graphics function will cause
a device to be opened. Which device is given by
options("device") which is initially set as the most
appropriate for each platform: a screen device for most interactive use and
postscript otherwise. The exception is interactive
use under Unix if no screen device is known to be available, when
postscript() is used for most systems; pdf() for Mac OS X.
The individual help files for further information on any of the devices listed here;
dev.interactive,
dev.cur, dev.print,
graphics.off, image,
dev2bitmap.
capabilities to see if X11, jpeg
and png are available.
## Not run:
## open the default screen device on this platform if no device is
## open
if(dev.cur() == 1) get(getOption("device"))()
## End(Not run)