cairoSwd function

Cairo PDF Graphics Device useful for Sweave

Provides a graphics device for Sweave, based on cairo_pdf. The advantage of cairoSwd() compared to pdf() is its support of Unicode characters.

cairoSwd(name, width, height, ...)

Arguments

• name: file name prefix to which .pdf will be appended.
• width, height: in inches, see cairo_pdf.
• ...: further arguments, passed to cairo_pdf()

Note

Sweave devices need to have an argument list as above.

Usage in a Sweave chunk:

<<some-plot, fig=TRUE, grdevice=cairoSwd>>=

Author(s)

Alain Hauser

See Also

pdf, cairo_pdf, Sweave.