Forum: tikzDevice 0.5.0 released
Posted by: Charlie Sharpsteen
Content: # tikzDevice--- ## Description The tikzDevice package new graphics device for R which enables direct output of graphics in a LaTeX-friendly way. Plotting commands issued by R functions are transformed into LaTeX code blocks. These blocks are interpreted with the help of TikZ-- a graphics library for TeX and friends written by Till Tantau. The tikzDevice supports three main modes of output: - Figure chunks: placed in .tex files and suitable for inclusion in LaTeX documents via the \input{} command. - Stand alone figures: Complete LaTeX documents containing figure code that can be compiled into stand-alone images. Pages are cropped to the size of the figure using the preview package. - Console output: TikZ code is returned directly to the R console as a character vector for further manipulation. ## Beta Notice The tikzDevice is currently flagged as a beta work. The package is reasonably stable and has been used by the authors to produce graphics for academic publications for over a year. The reason for beta status is that there are several open design issues- two of which are: - Providing support for UTF8 text. - Supporting TeX variants other than LaTeX. Resolving these issues may require changes to the tikzDevice that break backwards compatibility with previous versions. The beta flag is a reminder that such changes may occur- although we will strive to avoid them if possible. The beta flag will be removed upon release of version 1.0. At this time maintaining backwards compatibility will become a primary concern. ## Obtaining the Package Stable versions of the tikzDevice may be downloaded from CRAN: install.packages( 'tikzDevice' ) Development versions may be obtained from R-Forge: install.packages( 'tikzDevice', repos='http://r-forge.r-project.net' ) ## Reporting Bugs and Getting Help The tikzDevice has a dedicated mailing list courtesy of R-Forge. The mailing list is the easiest way to get answers for questions related to usage: tikzdevice-bugs @at@ lists.r-forge.r-project.org Primary development takes place on GitHub. Bugs and feature requests may be made by opening issues at the primary repository: http://github.com/Sharpie/RTikZDevice/issues Adventurous users are encouraged to fork the repository and contribute to the development of the device! ## Latest Changes *See the CHANGELOG for changes that occurred in previous releases* --- ### Version 0.5.0 Beta --- #### Contributors The following people contributed to this release of the tikzDevice: - Lorenzo Isella contributed bug reports and examples that led to the discovery of a bug in fontsize calculations that appeared when certain LaTeX commands were used to change the active font. - Vivianne Vilar for spotting spelling and grammar errors in the vignette. - Gabor Grothendieck for the idea for sending output to the screen for use with sink() (i.e. the "console" option) #### New Features - "console" option for directing tikz() output back into the R console instead of to a file. - Preliminary support for a "sanitize" option which allows automatic escaping of characters that have special meaning to TeX like "$" and "%". - tikzAnnotate() and tikzCoord() functions. tikzAnnotate() allows arbitrary LaTeX code to be injected into the output stream of an active tikz() graphics device. tikzCoord() is a wrapper for tikzAnnotate() that inserts named locations into the graphics code. These locations may be referenced by other TikZ drawing commands. #### Bug Fixes - Removed bad colon in the DESCRIPTION file. - Proper fontsize calculations now include ps from par() and fontsize from gpar(). This fixes issues with lattice-based graphics such as ggplot2. - Metrics are now calculated properly when commands like \renewcommand\rmdefault are used to adjust the active font. - Sanitization of % signs in labels. - The package no longer overwrites user customizations set in places like .Rprofile with default values when loaded. - Attempting to use new graphics functions such as rasterImage() now produces error messages instead of fatal crashes in R 2.11.0 and above. |
Latest NewsAnnouncing tikzDevice 0.6.0Charlie Sharpsteen - 2011-04-14 00:36 -
tikzDevice 0.5.0 releasedCharlie Sharpsteen - 2010-08-10 15:51 -
Beta Verson of tikzDevice Released!Cameron Bracken - 2009-07-27 11:44 -
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