Version:	0.3-3
Depends:	R (≥ 2.12.0)
Imports:	methods, grDevices, grid, XML, png, jpeg, base64enc
Suggests:	gridSVG, rsvg
Title:	Importing 'SVG' Graphics
Description:	Functions for importing external vector images and drawing them as part of 'R' plots. This package is different from the 'grImport' package because, where that package imports 'PostScript' format images, this package imports 'SVG' format images. Furthermore, this package imports a specific subset of 'SVG', so external images must be preprocessed using a package like 'rsvg' to produce 'SVG' that this package can import. 'SVG' features that are not supported by 'R' graphics, e.g., gradient fills, can be imported and then exported via the 'gridSVG' package.
URL:	https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/grimport/,https://stattech.wordpress.fos.auckland.ac.nz/2013/09/,https://stattech.wordpress.fos.auckland.ac.nz/2016/08/30/2016-11-the-butterfly-affectation/,https://stattech.wordpress.fos.auckland.ac.nz/2019/11/25/2019-02-svg-in-svg-out/
License:	GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)]
NeedsCompilation:	no
Packaged:	2024-07-30 07:55:29 UTC; pmur002
Author:	Simon Potter [aut], Paul Murrell [aut, cre]
Maintainer:	Paul Murrell <paul@stat.auckland.ac.nz>
Repository:	CRAN
Date/Publication:	2024-07-30 08:30:02 UTC

Convenience Functions for Path Segments

Description

These functions are convenience constructors for path segment objects of classes "PathMoveTo", "PathLineTo", "PathCurveTo" and "PathClosePath".

Usage

moveTo(x, y)
lineTo(x, y)
curveTo(x, y)
closePath(x, y)

Arguments

Details

For x and y, they should each be of length one so that they represent a single point location except in the case of curveTo. In the case of curveTo, it expects x and y vectors of length four, which represent control points in a cubic bezier curve.

Value

For moveTo, an object of class "PathMoveTo".

For lineTo, an object of class "PathLineTo".

For curveTo, an object of class "PathCurveTo".

For closePath, an object of class "PathClosePath".

Author(s)

Simon Potter

Class "PathClosePath"

Description

A description of a path close path operator ("Z" in SVG parlance) that is meant to be used as part of a path.

Slots

x:

Object of class "numeric". The x-location that the path is going to close to.

y:

Object of class "numeric". The y-location that the path is going to close to.

Extends

Class PathSegment, directly.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PathData, PathMoveTo, PathLineTo, PathCurveTo.

Class "PathCurveTo"

Description

A description of a path curve to operator ("C" in SVG parlance) that is meant to be used as part of a path.

Slots

x:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length four that represent the x-locations of the control points of a cubic bezier curve.

y:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length four that represent the y-locations of the control points of a cubic bezier curve.

Extends

Class PathSegment, directly.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PathData, PathMoveTo, PathLineTo, PathClosePath.

Class "PathData"

Description

An object that represents a sequence of path data segments in an SVG path.

Slots

segments:

Object of class "list" ~~

Methods

applyTransform

signature(object = "PathData", tm = "matrix"): A transformation matrix to apply to all path segments in the path that object contains. Returns a new "PathData" object with each path segment transformed to their new locations.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PathData, PathMoveTo, PathLineTo, PathCurveTo.

Class "PathLineTo"

Description

A description of a path line to operator ("L" in SVG parlance) that is meant to be used as part of a path.

Slots

x:

Object of class "numeric". The x-location that the path is going to draw a line to.

y:

Object of class "numeric". The y-location that the path is going to draw a line to.

Extends

Class PathSegment, directly.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PathData, PathMoveTo, PathClosePath, PathCurveTo.

Class "PathMoveTo"

Description

A description of a path move to operator ("M" in SVG parlance) that is meant to be used as part of a path.

Slots

x:

Object of class "numeric". The x-location that the path is going to move to.

y:

Object of class "numeric". The y-location that the path is going to move to.

Extends

Class PathSegment, directly.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PathData, PathClosePath, PathLineTo, PathCurveTo.

Class "PathSegment"

Description

A segment of a path that is not intended to be used directly, merely as a convenience base class for path segment operators.

Slots

x:

Object of class "numeric". An x-location.

y:

Object of class "numeric". A y-location.

Methods

applyTransform

signature(object = "PathSegment", tm = "matrix"): When given a 3x3 numeric transformation matrix, the points in the segment are transformed, and produce a new object representing a path segment. Not intended to be used directly on path segments, but objects that inherit from path segments (e.g. the "M", "L", "C", and "Z" operators.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PathMoveTo, PathClosePath, PathLineTo, PathCurveTo.

Class "Picture"

Description

A collection of paths, polylines, rectangles and other graphical content and features that together describe a picture.

Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by calls of the form new("Picture", ...).

Slots

content:

A list of objects of class "PictureContent" that are paths, groups rectangles and other related objects.

defs:

Object of class "PictureDefinitions" that contain all referenced content in the image. These are only used by the gridSVG package when "grobifying" an image.

summary:

Object of class "PictureSummary" that describes the scales applied to this picture.

Methods

[

signature(x = "Picture"): subset the content of a picture to produce a new picture (including a new, updated summary).

[[

signature(x = "Picture"): extract a single piece of a picture object, to produce a new picture (including a new, updated summary).

applyTransform

signature(object = "Picture", tm = "matrix"): transforms each element of the picture by a 3x3 transformation matrix and returns a new "Picture" object with the newly transformed locations.

grobify

signature(object = "Picture"): convert a picture into a grid grob (for use as a one-off image).

This method contains two additional arguments:

gpFUN

This argument expects to take a function that modifies a gpar object. For its input, this function should take a gpar object, modify that object, and then return it. By default the value of this argument is the identity function.

ext

A character vector. See grid.picture for more information on what this extension selection parameter means, in addition to the valid values this argument takes.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

readPicture, grid.picture, PictureSummary-class.

Class "PictureClipPath"

Description

A description of a clipping path that is meant to be used as part of a larger picture (as it does not directly draw anything itself). This is primarily used for determining the bounding box of the clipping region (because R graphics only supports rectangular clipping regions). This object will have a greater effect with it is used in conjunction with the gridSVG package as it can apply non-rectangular clipping regions.

Slots

content:

Object of class "list". A list of "PictureContent" objects that describe the outline(s) of the clipping region(s).

label:

Object of class "character". A label to identify the clipping path by so that it may be referred to by content within the image.

Extends

Class PictureContent, directly.

Methods

applyTransform

signature(object = "PictureClipPath", tm = "matrix"): transforms the locations described by contents of the clip path object by a 3x3 transformation matrix and returns a "PictureClipPath" object whose children have had locations transformed by the matrix.

grobify

signature(object = "PictureClipPath"): convert the clipping path into a grid grob. Useful only in conjunction with the gridSVG package for non-rectangular paths.

This grobify method takes three arguments:

defs

Required. This argument expects a "PictureDefinitions" object that contains referenced content.

gpFUN

A function that takes a gpar object and returns a modified gpar object. The default value for this arugment is the identity function.

ext

A character vector. See grid.picture for more information on what this extension selection parameter means, in addition to the valid values this argument takes.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PictureGroup.

Class "PictureContent"

Description

A virtual class that is used for verifying validity of "Picture" objects.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PicturePath, PictureRect, PictureGroup, etc.

Class "PictureDefinitions"

Description

A collection of graphical content and features that are to be referenced by the rest of the image. These definitions are not intended to draw anything themselves, but describe how other pieces of graphical content will be drawn (or in the case of clipping paths, not drawn).

Slots

content:

Object of class "list". A list of "PictureContent" objects.

Methods

getDef

signature(id = "character"): retrieves an object that is referred to by a given label.

setDef

signature(id = "character", value = "PictureContent"): Not intended to be used by regular users, but this is a method for assigning a definition to be referenced later by "PictureContent" objects. This method stores a new definition (value) with a given label (id). The result is that a new "PictureDefinitions" object is returned with the new definition added to it.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

Picture

Class "PictureFeColorMatrix"

Description

A description of a colour transformation matrix filter effect primitive. To be used in conjunction with the gridSVG package.

Slots

type:

Object of class "character" ~~

input:

Object of class "character" ~~

values:

Object of class "matrix" ~~

colorspace:

Object of class "character" ~~

Extends

Class PictureContent, directly.

Methods

grobify

signature(object = "PictureFeColorMatrix"): creates an feColorMatrix object to include in a filter effect object for use with the gridSVG package.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PictureFilter

Class "PictureFeComposite"

Description

A description of a colour transformation matrix filter effect primitive. To be used in conjunction with the gridSVG package.

Slots

input1:

Object of class "character" ~~

input2:

Object of class "character" ~~

operator:

Object of class "character" ~~

k1:

Object of class "numeric" ~~

k2:

Object of class "numeric" ~~

k3:

Object of class "numeric" ~~

k4:

Object of class "numeric" ~~

colorspace:

Object of class "character" ~~

Extends

Class PictureContent, directly.

Methods

grobify

signature(object = "PictureFeComposite"): creates an feComposite object to include in a filter effect object for use with the gridSVG package.

Author(s)

Paul Murrell

See Also

PictureFilter

Class "PictureFeImage"

Description

A description of a colour transformation matrix filter effect primitive. To be used in conjunction with the gridSVG package.

Slots

href:

Object of class "character" ~~

result:

Object of class "character" ~~

x:

Object of class "numeric" ~~

y:

Object of class "numeric" ~~

width:

Object of class "numeric" ~~

height:

Object of class "characternumeric" ~~

Extends

Class PictureContent, directly.

Methods

grobify

signature(object = "PictureFeImage"): creates an feImage object to include in a filter effect object for use with the gridSVG package.

Author(s)

Paul Murrell

See Also

PictureFilter

Class "PictureFilter"

Description

A description of a filter effect. To be used in conjunction with the gridSVG package.

Slots

filterUnits:

Object of class "character". The units that the filter effect should be positioned against. This should always be "bbox".

primitiveUnits:

Object of class "character". The units that the filter effect should be relative to. This should always be "coords".

x:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the x-location of the bottom-left corner of the filter effect region.

y:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the y-location of the bottom-left corner of the filter effect region.

width:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the width of the filter effect region.

height:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the height of the filter effect region.

content:

Object of class "PictureFeColorMatrix". A description of the colour transformation matrix applied to a filter target.

Extends

Class PictureContent, directly.

Methods

grobify

signature(object = "PictureFilter"): Creates a filter effect object for use with the gridSVG package.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PictureFeColorMatrix

Class "PictureGradientStop"

Description

A description of a gradient stop that is meant to be used as part of a larger picture (as it does not directly draw anything itself). This object will have no effect unless it is used in conjunction with the gridSVG package.

Slots

offset:

Object of class "numeric". The offset (usually between 0 and 1) from the start of the gradient. These represent locations to place the colours (col) at.

col:

Object of class "character". A colour in the form "#RRGGBBAA".

Methods

grobify

signature(object = "PictureGradientStop"): convert to a gradient stop object for use with the gridSVG package.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PictureLinearGradient, PictureRadialGradient.

Class "PictureGroup"

Description

A grouped collection of picture pieces.

Slots

content:

Object of class "list" that is a list of objects of class "PictureContent".

clip:

Object of class "ANY". Either NULL or an object of class "PictureClipPath".

filterRef:

Object of class "ANY". A character reference to an object that will apply a filter effect to this group. Not intended to be used directly (so can be NULL.

maskRef:

Object of class "ANY". A character reference to an object that will mask this group. Not intended to be used directly (so can be NULL.

gp:

Object of class "gpar". A grid gpar object to apply to the group.

Extends

Class "PictureContent", directly.

Methods

[

signature(x = "PictureGroup"): subset the content of the group to produce a new picture.

[[

signature(x = "PictureGroup"): extract a single piece of a picture group. Each piece will be an object of class "PictureContent".

applyTransform

signature(object = "PictureGroup", tm = "matrix"): transforms the locations described by contents of the group object by a 3x3 transformation matrix and returns a "PictureGroup" object whose children have had locations transformed by the matrix.

grobify

signature(object = "PictureGroup"): convert to a grid grob (for use as a one-off image) for drawing.

This method is typically not called directly but can take three additional arguments.

defs

This argument takes an object of class "PictureDefinitions". This object allows us to make use of referenced content features in the gridSVG package.

gpFUN

This arugment takes a function that modifies a gpar object. The function should take a single argument that is a gpar object, modify that gpar object, and then return it. By default this argument is assigned the value of the identity function.

ext

A character vector. This argument can partially match to one of off, clipbbox, or gridSVG. When off, no clipping is applied to the group. When clipbbox, the contents of the group will be clipped to the bounding box of the clipping definition. When gridSVG, the contents of the group will be clipped to the non-zero region defined by the clipping definition, in addition to using gridSVG features (i.e. gradients, filters), when required. bbox is restricted to rectangular clipping regions, while gridSVG has no such restriction and can clip to any arbitrary region.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

Class "PictureImage"

Description

A description of a raster image.

Slots

x:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the x-location of the top-left corner of the image.

y:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the y-location of the top-left corner of the image.

width:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the width of the image.

height:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the height of the image.

image:

Object of class "nativeRaster". A description of the raster image as an array of integers representing pixel colours. Not intended to be created directly, but as a result of calling the jpeg and png packages read*() functions.

angle:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the angle applied to the image. Corresponds to grid's viewport angles.

maskRef:

Object of class "ANY". A character reference to an object that will mask this image. Not intended to be used directly (so can be NULL.

bbox:

Object of class "numeric". Represented as [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax]. The bounding box of the image. Used for features such as clipping.

Extends

Class PictureContent, directly.

Methods

applyTransform

signature(object = "PictureImage", tm = "matrix"): transforms each location described by the image by a 3x3 transformation matrix and returns a new "PictureImage" object with the newly transformed locations.

grobify

signature(object = "PictureImage"): converts the image description into a grid raster grob that represents the image. Typically used in conjunction with a pattern.

While not intended to be used directly, this function contains a single optional argument, ext, which is a character vector. See grid.picture for more information on what this extension selection parameter means, in addition to the valid values this argument takes.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PictureRect.

Class "PictureLinearGradient"

Description

A description of a linear gradient that is meant to be used as part of a larger picture (as it does not directly draw anything itself). This object will have no effect unless it is used in conjunction with the gridSVG package.

Slots

x0:

Object of class "numeric". The starting x-location of the linear gradient.

y0:

Object of class "numeric". The starting y-location of the linear gradient.

x1:

Object of class "numeric". The ending x-location of the linear gradient.

y1:

Object of class "numeric". The ending y-location of the linear gradient.

spreadMethod:

Object of class "character" that specifies what happens when a gradient ends within its bounds. Must be one of "pad", "reflect" or "repeat". See "linearGradient" in the gridSVG package for more information.

stops:

Object of class "list" that is a list of objects of class "PictureGradientStop".

Extends

Class "PictureContent".

Methods

applyTransform

signature(object = "PictureLinearGradient", tm = "matrix"): transform the locations that represent the bounds and direction of the gradient by a 3x3 transformation matrix.

grobify

signature(object = "PictureLinearGradient"): convert to a gradient object for use with the gridSVG package.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

Picture-class, grid.picture.

Class "PictureMask"

Description

A description of a luminance mask.

Slots

content:

Object of class "list". A list of "PictureContent" objects that are use to define the mask. Typically objects that actually draw content (e.g. a path or a rect).

Extends

Class PictureContent, directly.

Methods

applyTransform

signature(object = "PictureMask", tm = "matrix"): transforms the locations described by contents of the mask object by a 3x3 transformation matrix and returns a "PictureMask" object whose children have had locations transformed by the matrix.

grobify

signature(object = "PictureMask"): creates a mask object for use with the gridSVG package. Not intended to be used directly.

There are three arguments to this grobify method:

defs

An object of class "PictureDefinitions". This object is primarily useful in conjunction with the gridSVG package.

gpFUN

This argument takes a function that takes a gpar object and returns a modified gpar object. The default value is the identity function.

ext

A character vector. See grid.picture for more information on what this extension selection parameter means, in addition to the valid values this argument takes.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

Class "PicturePath"

Description

A description of a path.

Slots

d:

Object of class "PathData". A description of how the path draws and where it draws.

rule:

Object of class "character". A single element vector specifying the fill rule of the path.

gp:

Object of class "gpar". A grid gpar object that describes graphical parameters applied to the path.

bbox:

Object of class "numeric". The bounding box of the path. Represented as [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax]. Used for features such as clipping.

Extends

Class linkS4class{PictureContent}, directly.

Methods

applyTransform

signature(object = "PicturePath", tm = "matrix"): transforms each location described by the path's data by a 3x3 transformation matrix and returns a new "PicturePath" object with the newly transformed locations.

grobify

signature(object = "PicturePath"): converts the path description into a grid grob that represents the path.

Although not expected to be called directly, this method contains three arguments.

defs

An object of class "PictureDefinitions". This object holds definitions of advanced graphical content, primarily for use with the gridSVG package.

gpFUN

This argument expects to take a function that modifies a gpar object. This function should take a gpar object and return a modified gpar object. By default this argument is the identity function.

ext

A character vector. See grid.picture for more information on what this extension selection parameter means, in addition to the valid values this argument takes.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PictureRect, PathData.

Class "PicturePattern"

Description

A description of a pattern to be referenced (and used) by graphical content.

Slots

x:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the x-location of the top-left corner of the pattern.

y:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the y-location of the top-left corner of the pattern.

width:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the width of the pattern.

height:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the height of the pattern.

angle:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the angle applied to the image. Corresponds to grid's viewport angles.

definition:

Object of class "list". A list of "PictureContent" objects that define the content of the pattern "tile".

Extends

Class PictureContent, directly.

Methods

applyTransform

signature(object = "PicturePattern", tm = "matrix"): transforms the locations described by the pattern object by a 3x3 transformation matrix and returns a "PicturePattern" object with the transformed locations.

grobify

signature(object = "PicturePattern"): convert the pattern description into a gridSVG pattern object. Useful only in conjunction with the gridSVG package. The pattern object will store the definition of the pattern (almost certainly a raster of some sort) as a grob too.

While not intended to be used directly, this method contains a single optional argument. This argument is ext, a character vector. See grid.picture for more information on what this extension selection parameter means, in addition to the valid values this argument takes.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

Class "PictureRadialGradient"

Description

A description of a radial gradient that is meant to be used as part of a larger picture (as it does not directly draw anything itself). This object will have no effect unless it is used in conjunction with the gridSVG package.

Slots

x:

Object of class "numeric". The x-location of the radial gradient.

y:

Object of class "numeric". The y-location of the radial gradient.

r:

Object of class "numeric". The radius of the radial gradient.

fx:

Object of class "numeric". The x-location of the focal point of the radial gradient.

fy:

Object of class "numeric". The y-location of the focal point of the radial gradient.

spreadMethod:

Object of class "character" that specifies what happens when a gradient ends within its bounds. Must be one of "pad", "reflect" or "repeat". See "radialGradient" in the gridSVG package for more information.

stops:

Object of class "list" that is a list of objects of class "PictureGradientStop".

Extends

Class "PictureContent".

Methods

applyTransform

signature(object = "PictureRadialGradient", tm = "matrix"): transform the locations that represent the bounds and direction of the gradient by a 3x3 transformation matrix.

grobify

signature(object = "PictureRadialGradient"): convert to a gradient object for use with the gridSVG package.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

Picture-class, grid.picture.

Class "PictureRect"

Description

A description of a rectangle.

Slots

x:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the x-location of the top-left corner of the rectangle.

y:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the y-location of the top-left corner of the rectangle.

width:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the width of the rectangle.

height:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the height of the rectangle.

angle:

Object of class "numeric". A vector of length one representing the angle applied to the image. Corresponds to grid's viewport angles.

gp:

Object of class "gpar". A grid gpar object.

bbox:

Object of class "numeric". Represented as [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax]. The bounding box of the rectangle. Used for features such as clipping.

Extends

Class PictureContent, directly.

Methods

applyTransform

signature(object = "PictureRect", tm = "matrix"): transforms the locations described by the rectangle object by a 3x3 transformation matrix and returns a "PictureRect" object with the transformed locations.

grobify

signature(object = "PictureRect"): converts the object into a grid rectangle grob.

While not intended to be used directly, this method contains three arguments:

defs

An object of class "PictureDefinitions" that contains definitions of graphical content, primarily for use with the gridSVG package.

gpFUN

This argument takes a function that should expect to take a single gpar object and return a modified gpar object. By default, the value of this argument is the identity function.

ext

A character vector. See grid.picture for more information on what this extension selection parameter means, in addition to the valid values this argument takes.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

PicturePath.

Class "PictureSummary"

Description

Summary information about a picture regarding the scales of its bounding box.

Slots

xscale:

Object of class "numeric" range of x-values in picture.

yscale:

Object of class "numeric" range of y-values in picture.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

Picture-class

Class "PictureSymbol"

Description

A description of a symbol that is meant to be used (perhaps repeatedly) as part of a larger picture (as it does not directly draw anything itself). This object only has an effect while parsing a picture (via readPicture), so is not intended to be used directly by any user.

Slots

definition:

Object of class "list". A list of "PictureContent" objects.

Extends

Class PictureContent, directly.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

Transform a Picture Object by a Transformation Matrix

Description

Transforms a "Picture" object (or indeed "PictureContent" objects) using a 3x3 transformation matrix.

Usage

applyTransform(object, tm)

Arguments

Value

The transformed object.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

Transform a grid gpar object

Description

Transform a grid gpar object.

Methods

signature(object = "gpar", tm = "matrix")

Transforms the "lwd" and "lty" components of a gpar object (if present) by a 3x3 transformation matrix and returns the modified gpar object.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

Draw a Picture Object.

Description

These function take a "Picture" object and either draw the picture or create a grid graphical object representing the picture.

Usage

pictureGrob(picture,
            x = unit(0.5, "npc"), y = unit(0.5, "npc"),
            width = NULL, height = NULL,
            just = "centre", hjust = NULL, vjust = NULL,
            default.units = "npc", expansion = 0.05,
            xscale = NULL, yscale = NULL, distort = FALSE,
            gpFUN = identity, ...,
            ext = c("none", "clipbbox", "gridSVG"),
            delayContent = match.arg(ext) == "gridSVG",
            name = NULL, prefix = NULL, clip = "on")
grid.picture(...)

Arguments

Details

If width or height is NULL, and distort=FALSE, the aspect ratio of the image will be respected. By default, the image will match the width/height of the current viewport, (if distort=FALSE, as much as the aspect ratio allows), less any expansion.

Value

A grid gTree.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

grobify, grid.symbols.

Draw a Picture Object as Data Symbols

Description

These functions take a "Picture" object and either draw the picture at several locations or create a grid graphical object representing the picture (drawn at several locations).

Usage

symbolsGrob(picture,
            x = stats::runif(10), y = stats::runif(10),
            size = unit(1, "char"),
            default.units = "native",
            gpFUN = identity,
            ext = c("none", "clipbbox", "gridSVG"),
            prefix = NULL,
            ..., name = NULL)
grid.symbols(...)

Arguments

Value

A grid grob.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

See Also

grid.picture

Convert a Picture Object into a grid grob

Description

Converts "Picture" objects and pieces of a picture (i.e. objects inheriting from "PictureContent" objects) into grid grobs.

Usage

grobify(object, ...)

Arguments

Details

Although not required by some grobify methods, there are further arguments that may be used, which will be described here.

defs

This argument should take a "PictureDefinitions" object that contains definitions of referenced content. This is only useful when the gridSVG is set to TRUE.

clip

This argument is supplied in the form of a character vector. It usually only applies when grobifying a "PictureGroup" object. There are three possible values for clip:

none

No clipping will be applied to the object.

bbox

The clipping will be applied to the rectangular region that bounds the clipping path's content. This argument is particularly useful as R graphics can only use rectangular clipping regions. If we want more complex clipping regions, the value of gridSVG must be used instead.

gridSVG

When this value is set, we are no longer restricted to clipping to rectangular regions, and many images will require it to be set to display correctly. This argument requires the gridSVG package to be installed.

gridSVG

This is a logical value that, when TRUE, allows graphical features to be drawn that are not possible in R graphics. This requires the gridSVG package. When this argument is TRUE we can correctly import and render patterns, masks, filters and gradients.

Value

A grid grob.

Author(s)

Simon Potter

Import a Cairo SVG image

Description

This function reads in an SVG image file and creates a "Picture" object.

Usage

readPicture(file, warn = TRUE, initDefs = TRUE)

Arguments

Details

This function is designed to read SVG files that have been generated by the Cairo graphics system.

There are several ways to generate Cairo SVG files: The R SVG graphics device, provided by the svg function, produces Cairo SVG; the grConvert package (Linux-only) can convert PostScript, or PDF, or SVG files to Cairo SVG; and the rsvg package can convert many different graphics formats to Cairo SVG.

It is very unlikely that an SVG file that was NOT generated by Cairo will import properly. This function may read the file without error, but the render (via grid.picture) is very unlikely to faithfully reproduce the original image.

Value

An object of class "Picture".

Author(s)

Simon Potter

References

The Cairo graphics library, https://cairographics.org/

Examples

options(warn=1)

## NOT a Cairo SVG file
badfile <- system.file("SVG", "lwd.svg", package="grImport2")
## A Cairo SVG file
goodfile <- system.file("SVG", "lwd-rsvg.svg", package="grImport2")

## Warning because NOT a Cairo SVG file
## (and it will not render correctly)
img <- readPicture(badfile)

## No warning
## (and it will render correctly)
img <- readPicture(goodfile)

if (require("rsvg")) {
    ## Generate a Cairo SVG file
    goodfile <- tempfile(fileext = ".svg")
    rsvg_svg(badfile, goodfile)

    ## No warning
    ## (and it will render correctly)
    img <- readPicture(goodfile)

}

options(warn=0)