Vector based plots

[Pawlok Dass]

How do you create vector based (scalable) plots/graphs in R (I use R-studio) for Linux (Ubuntu) that can be recognized by Google Docs?

- .ps / .eps / .pdf are not recognized by Google Docs as valid images

- I use Google Docs as my primary free Office suite as I find Libre Office to be unreliable

- I am talking about simple x-y line plots with multiple colors 

Thanks,

Pawlok

[Noam Ross]

1) R has a native svg() device to create SVG vector images.  The svglite package has the alternate svglite() graphics device which makes smaller, simpler files.  However, I'm unsure if Google Docs can import SVGs.

2) The rvg package (https://github.com/davidgohel/rvg) creates graphics in native Office graphics format, which can be used with the officer package (https://davidgohel.github.io/officer/) to create a Word document with editable graphics. I believe if you update this docx to google docs, it will convert to Google Docs'  native vector format.

3) On windows the win.metafile() device will create a WMF vector graphics file which I believe Google Docs recognizes.

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[Jaime Ashander]

I was going to suggest svg, but just tried and none of grDevices::svg,
Cairo::CairoSVG, or svglite::svglite work with Google Docs :(

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[Pawlok Dass]

WMF will work with Google Docs. But how do I create those on a Linux R-studio?

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[Alex Mandel]

I use pdf. Then convert it to whatever format I want at the scale I
need, or sometimes edit it as an svg in Inkscape.

Seems there are lots of ways to get wmf out of it the Google Docs will
recognize.
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/18793/import-svg-files-to-google-docs-as-a-drawing


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http://spatial.ucdavis.edu
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On 06/13/2017 02:41 PM, Pawlok Dass wrote:
> WMF will work with Google Docs. But how do I create those on a Linux
> R-studio?
>
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Jaime Ashander <jash...@ucdavis.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> I was going to suggest svg, but just tried and none of grDevices::svg,
>> Cairo::CairoSVG, or svglite::svglite work with Google Docs :(
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Noam Ross <noam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 1) R has a native svg() device to create SVG vector images. The

>>> *svglite* package has the alternate svglite() graphics device which

>>> makes smaller, simpler files. However, I'm unsure if Google Docs can
>>> import SVGs.

>>> 2) The *rvg *package (https://github.com/davidgohel/rvg) creates
>>> graphics in native Office graphics format, which can be used with the *officer
>>> *package (https://davidgohel.github.io/officer/) to create a Word

>>> document with editable graphics. I believe if you update this docx to
>>> google docs, it will convert to Google Docs' native vector format.
>>> 3) On windows the win.metafile() device will create a WMF vector graphics
>>> file which I believe Google Docs recognizes.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 5:10 PM Pawlok Dass <pawlo...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do you create vector based (scalable) plots/graphs in R (I use
>>>> R-studio) for Linux (Ubuntu) that can be recognized by Google Docs?
>>>> - .ps / .eps / .pdf are not recognized by Google Docs as valid images
>>>> - I use Google Docs as my primary free Office suite as I find Libre
>>>> Office to be unreliable
>>>> - I am talking about simple x-y line plots with multiple colors
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Pawlok
>>>>
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[Pawlok Dass]

So can we conclude that there is no simple way to produce scalable graphics from Linux Rstudio that is compatible with Google Docs?

I want to avoid multiple conversions and stick to the ease of drag-and-drop for Google Docs.

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[Jaime Ashander]

yes. tho you could write a shell script to automate the conversion from svg to wmf via inkscape (and even call that script from within R using system/system2). you might try asking on stack exchange for more ideas from a larger audience