psclose {gmt}R Documentation

Finalize GMT Map

Description

Call GMT to finalize a map and save in postscript format.

Usage

psclose(file=getOption("gmt.file"), trailer=TRUE, cleanup=TRUE)

Arguments

file filename where the map is saved.
trailer whether a closing trailer should be appended to the postscript file.
cleanup whether history files ‘.gmtcommands4’ and ‘.gmtdefaults4’ should be removed, leaving no trace except the postscript file.

Details

A closing trailer is required if the last plotting command included -K (default behaviour).

Value

Null, but the map is finalized and saved in postscript format.

Note

This function performs four tasks:

  1. Appends a closing trailer to the postscript file (optional).
  2. Removes GMT files in temporary directory.
  3. Removes GMT history files in map directory (optional).
  4. Moves the bounding box declaration to the postsript file header, enabling Ghostscript to distill a PDF map using the -dEPSCrop option.

Author(s)

Arni Magnusson arnima@u.washington.edu.

See Also

Similar to dev.off and postscript in native R graphics.

gmt, pscoast, psxy, pstext, psbar, and psclose work together to draw maps.

gmt-package gives an overview of the package.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Draw map and save as "map.eps" in R working directory
gmt(demo.par)
pscoast(demo.coast)
psxy(demo.xy)
pstext(demo.text)
psbar(demo.bar, ref=66)
psclose()
# See directory gmt/example for details
## End(Not run)

[Package gmt version 1.1-3 Index]