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R.devices (version 2.17.3)

Unified Handling of Graphics Devices

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Functions for creating plots and image files in a unified way regardless of output format (EPS, PDF, PNG, SVG, TIFF, WMF, etc.). Default device options as well as scales and aspect ratios are controlled in a uniform way across all device types. Switching output format requires minimal changes in code. This package is ideal for large-scale batch processing, because it will never leave open graphics devices or incomplete image files behind, even on errors or user interrupts.

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Maintainer

Henrik Bengtsson

Last Published

December 18th, 2025

Functions in R.devices (2.17.3)

devIsOpen

Checks if zero or more devices are open or not
devList

Lists the indices of the open devices named by their labels
architecture

Get the architecture of an object or coerce it into another
as.character.DevEvalProduct

Gets a character representation of the product
devSetLabel

Sets the label of a device
eps

EPS graphics device
getPathname.DevEvalFileProduct

Gets the (relative) pathname, filename and path
getType.DevEvalProduct

Gets the type
toNNN

Methods for creating image files of a specific format
nulldev

A \"null\" graphics device voiding all output
jpeg2

A JPEG device for Bitmap Files via GhostScript
withPar

Evaluate an R expression with graphical parameters set temporarily
devGetLabel

Gets the labels of zero or more devices
devDone

Closes zero or more open devices except screen (interactive) devices
devEval

Opens a new graphics device, evaluate (graphing) code, and closes device
png2

A PNG device for Bitmap Files via GhostScript
print.RecordedPlot

Automatically replays a recorded plot
devIsInteractive

Checks whether a device type is interactive or not
devOff

Closes zero or more devices
devNew

Opens a new device
favicon

Favicon graphics device
getDataURI.DevEvalFileProduct

Gets content as a Base64-encoded data URI
capabilitiesX11

Check whether current R session supports X11 or not
capturePlot

Captures a plot such that it can be redrawn later/elsewhere
R.devices-package

Package R.devices
DevEvalProduct

The DevEvalProduct class
DevEvalFileProduct

The DevEvalFileProduct class
Non-documented objects

Non-documented objects
devSet

Activates a device
devOptions

Gets the default device options
getMimeType.DevEvalFileProduct

Gets the MIME type
getFullname.DevEvalProduct

Gets the full name, name and tags