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R.devices

Unified Handling of Graphics Devices

v2.17.4 · May 9, 2026 · LGPL (>= 2.1)

Description

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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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 13, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 23, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

tests

Running ‘DevEvalFileProduct.R’ [1s/1s]
  Running ‘DevEvalProduct.R’ [0s/1s]
  Running ‘capabilitiesX11.R’ [1s/1s]
  Running ‘capturePlot.R’ [1s/1s]
  Running ‘dataURI.R’ [0s/1s]
  Running ‘devAll.R’ [0s/1s]
  Running ‘devDump.R’ [0s/1s]
  Running ‘de
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evEvalProduct("foo", tags=c("a", "b"))
  > valueA <- p[["name"]]
  > valueB <- p$name
  > stopifnot(identical(valueB, valueA))
  > value <- p[["non-existing-field"]]
  > stopifnot(is.null(value))
  Error: is.null(value) is not TRUE
  Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Reverse Dependencies (14)

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies R.methodsS3 R.oo R.utils base64enc aroma.core PointedSDMs aroma.affymetrix cramR dataquieR eoffice inDAGO inpdfr PSCBS R.rsp babel biplotEZ matrixStats metabodecon R.devices

Version History

24 tracked
updated 2.17.4 ← 2.17.3 diff May 9, 2026
new 2.17.3 Mar 10, 2026
updated 2.17.3 ← 2.17.2 diff Dec 17, 2025
updated 2.17.2 ← 2.17.1 diff Jan 28, 2024
updated 2.17.1 ← 2.17.0 diff Jun 20, 2022
updated 2.17.0 ← 2.16.1 diff Jan 18, 2021
updated 2.16.1 ← 2.16.0 diff Oct 23, 2019
updated 2.16.0 ← 2.15.1 diff Jul 20, 2018
updated 2.15.1 ← 2.15.0 diff Nov 9, 2016
updated 2.15.0 ← 2.14.0 diff Nov 7, 2016
updated 2.14.0 ← 2.13.2 diff Mar 8, 2016
updated 2.13.2 ← 2.13.1 diff Dec 15, 2015
updated 2.13.1 ← 2.13.0 diff Sep 21, 2015
updated 2.13.0 ← 2.12.0 diff Feb 21, 2015
updated 2.12.0 ← 2.11.0 diff Oct 16, 2014