#' Run a plotting function and save the output as a PNG #' #' This function returns the name of the PNG file that it generates. In #' essence, it calls \code{png()}, then \code{func()}, then \code{dev.off()}. #' So \code{func} must be a function that will generate a plot when used this #' way. #' #' For output, it will try to use the following devices, in this order: #' quartz (via \code{\link[grDevices]{png}}), then \code{\link[Cairo]{CairoPNG}}, #' and finally \code{\link[grDevices]{png}}. This is in order of quality of #' output. Notably, plain \code{png} output on Linux and Windows may not #' antialias some point shapes, resulting in poor quality output. #' #' In some cases, \code{Cairo()} provides output that looks worse than #' \code{png()}. To disable Cairo output for an app, use #' \code{options(shiny.usecairo=FALSE)}. #' #' @param func A function that generates a plot. #' @param filename The name of the output file. Defaults to a temp file with #' extension \code{.png}. #' @param width Width in pixels. #' @param height Height in pixels. #' @param res Resolution in pixels per inch. This value is passed to #' \code{\link[grDevices]{png}}. Note that this affects the resolution of PNG rendering in #' R; it won't change the actual ppi of the browser. #' @param ... Arguments to be passed through to \code{\link[grDevices]{png}}. #' These can be used to set the width, height, background color, etc. #' @export plotPNG <- function(func, filename=tempfile(fileext='.png'), width=400, height=400, res=72, ...) { # If quartz is available, use png() (which will default to quartz). # Otherwise, if the Cairo package is installed, use CairoPNG(). # Finally, if neither quartz nor Cairo, use png(). if (capabilities("aqua")) { pngfun <- grDevices::png } else if ((getOption('shiny.usecairo') %OR% TRUE) && nchar(system.file(package = "Cairo"))) { pngfun <- Cairo::CairoPNG } else { pngfun <- grDevices::png } pngfun(filename=filename, width=width, height=height, res=res, ...) # Call plot.new() so that even if no plotting operations are performed at # least we have a blank background. N.B. we need to set the margin to 0 # temporarily before plot.new() because when the plot size is small (e.g. # 200x50), we will get an error "figure margin too large", which is triggered # by plot.new() with the default (large) margin. However, this does not # guarantee user's code in func() will not trigger the error -- they may have # to set par(mar = smaller_value) before they draw base graphics. op <- graphics::par(mar = rep(0, 4)) tryCatch( graphics::plot.new(), finally = graphics::par(op) ) dv <- grDevices::dev.cur() on.exit(grDevices::dev.off(dv), add = TRUE) func() filename }