[Tikzdevice-bugs] ggplot-tikz examples

[Felipe Carrillo]

Thanks for the quick reply, I will start using the list as soon as a figure out how :)
I tried to run the code that you sent me and got some error messages..see below:
Error in getMetricsFromLatex(TeXMetrics) :  # Not sure what this means

library(tikzDevice)
Loading required package: filehash
filehash: Simple key-value database (2.1-1 2010-10-04)
tikzDevice: A Device for R Graphics Output in PGF/TikZ Format (v0.6.1)
Checking for a LaTeX compiler...
A working LaTeX compiler was found by checking:
        The PATH using the command pdflatex
Global option tikzLatex set to:
        E:\MikTex\miktex\bin\pdflatex.exe
MiKTeX-pdfTeX 2.8.3759 (1.40.10) (MiKTeX 2.8)
Copyright (C) 1982 D. E. Knuth, (C) 1996-2006 Han The Thanh
 
A working XeLaTeX compiler was found by checking:
        The PATH using the command xelatex
Global option tikzXelatex set to:
        E:\MikTex\miktex\bin\xelatex.exe
MiKTeX-XeTeX 2.8.3758 (0.9995.1 texlive svn 15079) (MiKTeX 2.8)
Copyright (C) 1982 D. E. Knuth, (C) 1994-2006 by SIL International

Warning message:
package 'tikzDevice' was built under R version 2.13.1 
> tikz(standAlone=TRUE)
> qplot(1,1)
Creating temporary TikZ metrics dictionary at:
        C:\DOCUME~1\FCARRI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rtmpd7Mnxe/tikzMetricsDictionary
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage[active,tightpage,psfixbb]{preview}
\PreviewEnvironment{pgfpicture}
\setlength\PreviewBorder{0pt}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\batchmode
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[inner sep=0pt, outer sep=0pt, scale=0.96] (TeX) { 1%
};
\path let \p1 = ($(TeX.east) - (TeX.west)$), 
                \n1 = {veclen(\x1,\y1)} in (TeX.east) -- (TeX.west)
                node{ \typeout{tikzTeXWidth=\n1} };
\makeatletter
\@@end
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (MiKTeX 2.8) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2011.4.18)  27 JUL 2011 13:01
entering extended mode
**C:/DOCUME?1/FCARRI?1/LOCALS?1/Temp/Rtmpd7Mnxe/tikzStringWidthCalc.tex
(C:/DOCUME~1/FCARRI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/Rtmpd7Mnxe/tikzStringWidthCalc.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, ge
rman, ngerman, german-x-2009-06-19, ngerman-x-2009-06-19, french, loaded.
(E:\MikTex\tex\latex\base\article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(E:\MikTex\tex\latex\base\size10.clo
File: size10.clo 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c at part=\count79
\c at section=\count80
\c at subsection=\count81
\c at subsubsection=\count82
\c at paragraph=\count83
\c at subparagraph=\count84
\c at figure=\count85
\c at table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
)
Error in getMetricsFromLatex(TeXMetrics) : 
TeX was unable to calculate metrics for the following string
or character:
        1
Common reasons for failure include:
  * The string contains a character which is special to LaTeX unless
    escaped properly, such as % or $.
  * The string makes use of LaTeX commands provided by a package and
    the tikzDevice was not told to load the package.
The contents of the LaTeX log of the aborted run have been printed above,
it may contain additional details as to why the metric calculation failed.
In addition: Warning messages:
1: In readLines(texOut) :
  incomplete final line found on 'C:\DOCUME~1\FCARRI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rtmpd7Mnxe/tikzStringWidthCalc.log'
2: In readLines(texLog) :
  incomplete final line found on 'C:\DOCUME~1\FCARRI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rtmpd7Mnxe/tikzStringWidthCalc.log'
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Felipe D. Carrillo
Supervisory Fishery Biologist
Department of the Interior
US Fish & Wildlife Service
California, USA
http://www.fws.gov/redbluff/rbdd_jsmp.aspx


From: Cameron Bracken <cameron.bracken at gmail.com>
>To: Felipe Carrillo <mazatlanmexico at yahoo.com>
>Cc: source at sharpsteen.net; tikzDevice Bugs <tikzdevice-bugs at r-forge.wu-wien.ac.at>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:33 PM
>Subject: Re: ggplot-tikz examples
>
>Hi Felipe-
>
>Any plot that you create ggplot2 should work with tikzDevice. For example, the simplest case:
>
>tikz(standAlone=TRUE)
>qplot(1,1)
>dev.off()
>
>tikzDevice is independent of the graphics system, so any plot you put between tikz() and dev.off() should be faithfully recreated. The ggplot2 homepage (http://had.co.nz/ggplot2/) is a rich source of examples. 
>
>If you do run into any inconsistencies, let us know and we will try to iron them out. 
>
>Thanks for your interest!
>
>- Cameron
>
>On Jul 27, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Felipe Carrillo wrote:
>
>>  Hi:
>>  
>> Sorry to bother you but I am trying to find some examples of using tikzDevice and ggplot2, could you
>> point out where can I find them if any? Thanks
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Felipe D. Carrillo
>> Supervisory Fishery Biologist
>> Department of the Interior
>> US Fish & Wildlife Service
>> California, USA
>> http://www.fws.gov/redbluff/rbdd_jsmp.aspx
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