trim_fig: Remove white spaces around figures

In misc: Miscellaneous Functions for Data and Geospatial Work

Remove white spaces around figures

Description

trim_fig() just remove white spaces around a figure and save it into the trim folder (maintain the original figure untouchable)

Usage

trim_fig(figure_path, overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

figure_path	a character vector with path of the figure
overwrite	logical

Value

No return value, called for side effects (writes a trimmed image file under a ⁠trim/⁠ subdirectory via magick::image_write()).

Acknowledgment

trim_fig() wraps the excellent image_trim() of {magick}

Examples

if (interactive()) {
library(misc)
ipak(c("ggplot2", "dplyr"))
create_dirs()
p <- mtcars %>%
  ggplot() +
  aes(x = mpg, y = cyl) +
  geom_point()
save_plot(p)
trim_fig("output/figures/p.png")
}

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