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.

Usage

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

Alain Hauser

See also

pdf, cairo_pdf, Sweave.