save_figtex: Create a plot, and create a tex figure string

In ejurga/ejuRga.Tools: A Personal Collection of Random R Functions.

Description

This function takes a plot object and prints it out as a file onto the disk, either as a png or a pdf. The dimensions of the figure can be specified manually or using some convinient options. The location of the saved figure can be specifed. Optionally, this function will generate a latex-file of the generated plot that can be input into a master tex document. This will include a caption that is specied as an argument.

Usage

save_figtex(
  plot,
  title,
  caption,
  size = "third",
  figure.dir = "results/figures",
  latex.dir = "results/tex",
  margins = 0.75,
  type = c("pdf", "png", "both"),
  res = 300,
  latex = TRUE
)

Arguments

plot	The plot to save
title	The title of the plot, which will serve as a base file name, and the latex label.
caption	A description of the figure. This will be input into the latex file.
size	The dimensions of the generated file. Takes either a string, or a vector of lencth 2, as c('height', 'width'). String optsion are: full Full page half Half of the page, folded height-wise quarter One quarter of the page, folded height and width-wise third One third of the page, folded height-wise sixth One sixth of the page, folded in half width-wise, and in a third height-wise
figure.dir	Which directory to save the file.
latex.dir	Which directory to save the latex include file.
margins	The margins of the main file to which the figure is intended to be saved.
type	What to save the raw image as, either as a pdf or a png.
latex	Create a latex include file.

Value

Print out file names and save the include string to the cliopboard.

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