R graphics device using cairo graphics library for creating
high-quality bitmap (PNG, JPEG, TIFF), vector (PDF, SVG,
PostScript) and display (X11 and Win32) output.
Description
This package provides a Cairo graphics device that can be
use to create high-quality vector (PDF, PostScript and SVG) and
bitmap output (PNG,JPEG,TIFF), and high-quality rendering in
displays (X11 and Win32). Since it uses the same back-end for
all output, copying across formats is WYSIWYG. Files are
created without the dependence on X11 or other external
programs. This device supports alpha channel (semi-transparent
drawing) and resulting images can contain transparent and
semi-transparent regions. It is ideal for use in server
environemnts (file output) and as a replacement for other
devices that don't have Cairo's capabilities such as alpha
support or anti-aliasing. Backends are modular such that any
subset of backends is supported.