[#527] Have R run bzip2 on the result to reduce file size of tikz()

Date:
2009-07-31 16:33 Priority:
3

State:
Open

Submitted by:
Cameron Bracken (cameronbracken) Assigned to:
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Summary:
Have R run bzip2 on the result to reduce file size of tikz()

Detailed description
One possibility for greatly compressing the huge output of tikz() is to have R run bzip2 on the result (or the user compress an entire graphics folder after R finishes) and then use the style below for \bzinput{base file name}. However it does require the use of latex --shell-escape or pdflatex --shell-escape. -Frank %Usage: \bzinput{foo} % bunzip2 foo.tex.bz2 and inputs foo.tex % Run latex with latex --shell-escape myfile (same for pdflatex) \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} \ProvidesPackage{bzinput}[2009/07/31 LaTeX package bzinput] \newcommand{\bzinput}[1]{% \immediate\write18{bzcat #1.tex.bz2 > /tmp/_bzinput.tmp}% \input{/tmp/_bzinput.tmp}% } \endinput

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