The R Project SVN R

\name{dev2bitmap}
\alias{dev2bitmap}
\title{Copy Graphics Device to Bitmap File}
\usage{
dev2bitmap(file, type="png256", height=6, width=6, res=72,
           pointsize, ...)
}
\arguments{
 \item{file}{The putput file name, with an appropriate extension.}
 \item{type}{The type of bitmap. the default is \code{"png256"}.}
 \item{height}{The plot height, in inches.}
 \item{width}{The plot width, in inches.}
 \item{res}{Resolution, in dots per inch.}
 \item{pointsize}{The pointsize to be used for text: defaults to
     something reasonable given the width and height}
 \item{\dots}{Other parameters passes to \code{\link{postscript}}.}
}
\description{
 Copy the current graphics device to a file in a bitmap graphics format.
}
\details{
 \code{dev2bitmap} works by copying the current device to a
 \code{\link{postscript}} device, and post-processing the output file
 using \code{ghostscript}. You will need a recent version of
 \code{ghostscript} (5.10 and later have been tested): the full path to the
 executable can be set by the environment variable \code{"R_GSCMD"}.

 The types available will depend on the version of \code{ghostscript},
 but are likely to include

\code{"pcxmono", "pcxgray", "pcx16", "pcx256", "pcx24b", "pcxcmyk",
"pbm", "pbmraw", "pgm", "pgmraw",
"pgnm", "pgnmraw", "pnm", "pnmraw", "ppm", "ppmraw", "pkm",
"pkmraw", "tiffcrle", "tiffg3", "tiffg32d", "tiffg4", "tifflzw",
"tiffpack", "tiff12nc", "tiff24nc", "psmono", "psgray", "psrgb",
"bit", "bitrgb", "bitcmyk", "pngmono", "pnggray",
"png16", "png256", "png16m", "jpeg", "jpeggray", "pdfwrite"}
}
\value{
    None.
}
\author{B. D. Ripley}

\section{WARNING}{This is experimental and may be withdrawn in favour of
an equivalent device in a later version.}

\seealso{\code{\link{postscript}}}

\keyword{utilities}