Martin Maechler wrote:
"SK" == Stephan Kolassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:28:09 +0200 writes:
SK> Hi JD, do you have the pdf open in some app, e.g.,
SK> Acrobat Reader? If the file is open, R can't write on
SK> it. My (German) errors in this case look like yours:
SK> Fehler in pdf(paste(pic.directory, "/full_map.pdf", sep
SK> = "")) : unable to start device pdf Zusätzlich: Warning
SK> message: In pdf(paste(pic.directory, "/full_map.pdf",
SK> sep = "")) : cannot open 'pdf' file argument
SK> 'Pictures/full_map.pdf'
SK> Just close the Acrobat Reader or whatever.
or even better: Close your OS (MS Windows) and start using a
better one.
This isn't an OS problem, it's a problem with Acroread. It locks the
file unnecessarily. There are other readers (e.g. Sumatra PDF) that don't.
Windows has mechanisms for programs to be notified when a file has
changed, and that's what Acroread should be using. Or it could just
check the timestamp whenever it regains the focus, that's what my text
editor (Textpad) does.
Duncan Murdoch
E.g., on all Linux versions I know I can write to files open in
acroread (or any ofther of the several alternatives on Linux)
and then "reload" the file inside the PDF viewer.
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
SK> Best, Stephan
SK> j daniel schrieb:
>> Hello -
>>
>> I am trying to create a pdf file in R, but I keep getting
>> an error that says it cannot open the pdf device. Here
>> is the code and output:
>>
>>> pdf(file="test.pdf")
>> Error in pdf(file = "test.pdf") : unable to start device
>> pdf In addition: Warning message: In pdf(file =
>> "test.pdf") : cannot open 'pdf' file argument 'test.pdf'
>>
>> Until yesterday I could use the pdf() function without
>> problems, so I am not sure what happened. The error does
>> not go away if I restart R or restart my computer. Any
>> ideas???
>>
>>
>>
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