Re: [R] append to PDF file

2011-11-29 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 29.11.2011 13:15, R. Michael Weylandt wrote: I think you are looking for the system() command. ... and you certainly do not want to use savePlot but rather use the pdf() device directly. Uwe Ligges Michael On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Christof Kluß wrote: Hi Jim, Hi Ken Am 27

Re: [R] append to PDF file

2011-11-29 Thread R. Michael Weylandt
I think you are looking for the system() command. Michael On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Christof Kluß wrote: > Hi Jim, Hi Ken > > Am 27-11-2011 00:00, schrieb jim holtman: >> >> There is the 'pdftk' (PDF tool kit) that you will find on the web that >> will do the job.  I have used it to both

Re: [R] append to PDF file

2011-11-29 Thread Christof Kluß
Hi Jim, Hi Ken Am 27-11-2011 00:00, schrieb jim holtman: There is the 'pdftk' (PDF tool kit) that you will find on the web that will do the job. I have used it to both combine and split out the pages in the PDF file. yes, thx. GUI tools like www.pdfsam.org do the job too. But is there a poss

Re: [R] append to PDF file

2011-11-26 Thread jim holtman
There is the 'pdftk' (PDF tool kit) that you will find on the web that will do the job. I have used it to both combine and split out the pages in the PDF file. On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Ken wrote: > PDF files contain information at the end of them and so you cannot append > without alter

Re: [R] append to PDF file

2011-11-26 Thread Ken
PDF files contain information at the end of them and so you cannot append without altering the file (universally true for PDF). Perhaps pdf() your plots and use external tools to convert the PDFs to .ps then re-merge. Might not be the best way, but an effective one. Ken Hutchison O

[R] append to PDF file

2011-11-26 Thread Christof Kluß
Hi is there a way to append a plot as PDF to an existing PDF file? savePlot seems not to have this possibility. Christof __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-pr