Devices {grDevices} | R Documentation |
List of Graphical Devices
Description
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 viaGhostScript
(if available).
The following devices will be functional if R was compiled to use them (they exist but will return with a warning on other systems):
-
X11
The graphics device for the X11 Window system -
bmp
Windows bitmap device -
jpeg
JPEG bitmap device -
png
PNG bitmap device -
tiff
TIFF bitmap device -
cairo_pdf
,cairo_ps
PDF and PostScript devices based on cairo graphics. -
quartz
The graphics device for the Mac OS X native Quartz 2d graphics system. (This is only functional on Mac OS X, but unlike R < 2.7.0 can be used from the command line and not just from the GUI console.)
Details
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
pdf
(or the setting of R_DEFAULT_DEVICE)
otherwise. The exception is interactive use under Unix if no screen
device is known to be available, when pdf()
is used.
See Also
The individual help files for further information on any of the devices listed here;
X11.options
, quartz.options
,
ps.options
and pdf.options
for how to
customize devices.
dev.interactive
,
dev.cur
, dev.print
,
graphics.off
, image
,
dev2bitmap
.
capabilities
to see if X11
, jpeg
png
and quartz
are available.
Examples
## Not run:
## open the default screen device on this platform if no device is
## open
if(dev.cur() == 1) dev.new()
## End(Not run)