latexpdf (version 0.1.6)

ghostconvert: Call Ghostscript.

Description

Call Ghostscript, converting by default from PDF to PNG.

Usage

ghostconvert(x, y = file.path(gdir, out), gdir = dirname(x),
  out = sub("\\.[^.]+$", paste0(if (multipage) multifix else NULL, ".",
  suffix), basename(x)), gs_cmd = "", device = "pngalpha",
  multipage = FALSE, multifix = "-%03d", suffix = "png", antialias = 4,
  resolution = 300, replace = TRUE, other = "", ...)

Arguments

x

path for file to be converted

y

path for output file

gdir

directory for png output

out

filename for output file

gs_cmd

passed to find_gs_cmd; perhaps 'gs' or 'gswin32c' or 'mgs' (from Miktex)

device

output device type

multipage

whether to convert multiple pages

multifix

a filename suffix when converting multiple pages

suffix

file extension for output

antialias

font antialiasing

resolution

raster image resolution

replace

whether to delete x if successful

other

other arguments to ghostscript

...

ignored

Value

the name of the file created

Examples

# NOT RUN {
pdf <- as.pdf(head(Theoph),dir = tempdir())
png <- ghostconvert(pdf, gs_cmd = 'mgs')
browseURL(png)
# }