Thanks a lot - I'll try it out. Rainer
ONKELINX, Thierry wrote: > You create a source file ("GrowthAll.Rnw") that looks a bit like this > > \documentclass[11pt]{report} > \usepackage{Sweave} > \SweaveOpts{echo = FALSE} > \begin{document} > > <<fig = T>>= > x.lm <- lm() > plot(x.lm) > @ > > <<>>= > summary(x.lm) > @ > \end{document} > > > Then run in R: > Sweave("GrowthAll.Rnw") > system("pdflatex GrowthAll") > > Have a look at the Sweave manual. It contains some examples. > > HTH, > > Thierry > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > ir. Thierry Onkelinx > Instituut voor natuur- en bosonderzoek / Research Institute for Nature > and Forest > Cel biometrie, methodologie en kwaliteitszorg / Section biometrics, > methodology and quality assurance > Gaverstraat 4 > 9500 Geraardsbergen > Belgium > tel. + 32 54/436 185 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.inbo.be > > Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully > considered what they do not say. ~William W. Watt > A statistical analysis, properly conducted, is a delicate dissection of > uncertainties, a surgery of suppositions. ~M.J.Moroney > > > >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >> Van: Rainer M Krug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Verzonden: woensdag 17 oktober 2007 11:28 >> Aan: ONKELINX, Thierry >> CC: Prof Brian Ripley; r-help >> Onderwerp: Re: [R] One pdf file with plots and text output >> >> ONKELINX, Thierry wrote: >>> I use Sweave for this kind of purposes. >> I was thinking about Sweave as well, but I don't understand >> how I can use it. >> >> Let's say I have a source file, which defines a function >> >> DoGrowthAll <- function() >> { >> pdf("GrowthAll.pdf", height=11, width=8, paper="a4") >> sink("GrowthAll.txt") >> try( >> { >> plot(x.lm) >> summary(xlm) >> . >> . >> . >> } >> ) >> sink() >> dev.off() >> system("xpdf ./GrowthAll.pdf", wait=FALSE) >> } >> >> Now how can I use Sweave to create this report? >> >> Rainer >> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Thierry >>> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- >>> ---- >>> ir. Thierry Onkelinx >>> Instituut voor natuur- en bosonderzoek / Research Institute >> for Nature >>> and Forest Cel biometrie, methodologie en kwaliteitszorg / Section >>> biometrics, methodology and quality assurance Gaverstraat 4 9500 >>> Geraardsbergen Belgium tel. + 32 54/436 185 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> www.inbo.be >>> >>> Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have >> carefully >>> considered what they do not say. ~William W. Watt A statistical >>> analysis, properly conducted, is a delicate dissection of >>> uncertainties, a surgery of suppositions. ~M.J.Moroney >>> >>> >>> >>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >>>> Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Rainer M Krug >>>> Verzonden: woensdag 17 oktober 2007 11:02 >>>> Aan: Prof Brian Ripley >>>> CC: r-help >>>> Onderwerp: Re: [R] One pdf file with plots and text output >>>> >>>> Prof Brian Ripley wrote: >>>>> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Rainer M Krug wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi >>>>>> >>>>>> I create one pdf file with plots via pdf() and one text >> file with >>>>>> text via sink() that works very nice. But I would prefer >>>> to have one >>>>>> pdf file with plots and the text which I store in the >>>> te=xt file via sink(). I.e. >>>>>> x.lm<-lm(...) >>>>>> pdf() >>>>>> plot(x.lm) >>>>>> NOW THE TEXT OF summary(xlm) IN THE PDF FILE >>>>>> dev.off() >>>>>> >>>>>> Is this possible or is there a different format which I >> could use? >>>>> You can easily post-process the files to obtain a single >>>> file. Going >>>>> from text to pdf involves many arbitrary choices, but a good text >>>>> processor will help you make those and incorporate pdf figures: I >>>>> would use pdflatex, but there are many other tools to do the job. >>>>> >>>> Thanks for pointing out the post-processing route (I have done >>>> similar script based pdf creations via pdflatex before), >> but I would >>>> like to have something only for me to make it easier to read the >>>> results. >>>> It does not need to be nicely layouted - just the text in >> the pdf in >>>> whatever font would be fine. >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.