# Version 2.17.3 [2026-05-06] ## Bug Fixes * Fix `R CMD check` error in R-devel. # Version 2.17.3 [2025-12-16] ## Documentation * Update URL in vignette to use HTTPS. # Version 2.17.2 [2024-01-28] ## Documentation * Fix minor help-page mistake. * LaTeX vignettes failed with `Undefined control sequence. \pdfsuppressptexinfo` with old LaTeX versions. # Version 2.17.1 [2022-06-21] ## Cleanup * Package no longer imports `R.utils::inherits()`, which is deprecated and will eventually be removed. * Vignette now uses `\pdfsuppressptexinfo=-1` to avoid PTEX metadata being recorded. # Version 2.17.0 [2021-01-19] ## Significant Changes * All `toNNN()` functions now use the corresponding device type alias `"{nnn}"` rather than the specific device `nnn`, e.g. `toPNG()` will attempt to produce a PNG file using the set of device types that alias `"{png}"` specifies, whereas in the past `toPNG()` used only `"png"`. ## New Features * Added support for specifying alternative device types, e.g. `"png|cairo_png"` will use the `"png"` type if available, otherwise the `"cairo_png"` type. If neither are available, an informative error message is produced. * Added support for device alias types, e.g. `"{png}"` expands to `"png|cairo_png|CairoPNG|png2"`. ## Bug Fixes * `as.architecture()` did not always return the expected `arch`. # Version 2.16.1 [2019-10-22] ## CRAN Policies * Package examples no longer outputs to figures/ folder in current working directory. Instead, it's outputting to a temporary folder. ## Bug Fixes * `as.architecture()` for recordedplot would produce "Error in !is.na(arch) && !is.na(arch$arch) : 'length(x) = 4 > 1' in coercion to 'logical(1)'" with environment variable `_R_CHECK_LENGTH_1_LOGIC2_=true` set. * `getDevOption()` could produce "Error in is.character(type) && type != "*" : 'length(x) = 3 > 1' in coercion to 'logical(1)'" with environment variable `_R_CHECK_LENGTH_1_LOGIC2_=true` set. # Version 2.16.0 [2018-07-21] ## New Features * Add support for RStudio's RStudioGD device, e.g. `toRStudioGD()` and `devEval()` with `type = "RStudioGD"`. * Added a `"null"` graphics device, `nulldev()`, that voids all graphics output. It may also be opened by `devNew("nulldev")`. `devEval("nulldev", )`, and `toNullDev()`, which will evaluate the expression while at the same time drop any plot output. * Added `suppressGraphics()`. ## Bug Fixes * Package did not install on R (< 3.0.0) because **base64enc** (>= 0.1-3) failed to to install on those versions. Now require only **base64enc** (>= 0.1-2). # Version 2.15.1 [2016-11-09] ## Bug Fixes * Calling `devNew(type, ..., aspectRatio)` with `type` being a function and neither `width` nor `height` could be inferred from the devices type generated an error when trying to generate a warning. * TESTS: Don't test `as.architecture()` on `recordedplot` objects that require coercion between endianess, which is yet not supported. # Version 2.15.0 [2016-11-07] ## New Features * Printing a plot recorded by `capturePlot()` now automatically falls back to replaying it coerced to the current machine's architecture if the default replay fails. * Added `as.architecture()` for `recordedplot` objects to make it easy to coerce between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of a serialized recorded plot (e.g. via `capturePlot()`) so that it can be replotted everywhere. # Version 2.14.0 [2016-03-08] ## New Features * Added `capturePlot()` making it possible to capture low-level plot commands using `grDevices::recordPlot()` such that the plot can be displayed / regenerated elsewhere, e.g. in a different / future R session. Requires R (>= 3.3.0). ## Bug Fixes * `devEval(pdf, ...)` without explicit argument `ext` would give an error. ## Software Quality * Package test coverage is 91%. # Version 2.13.2 [2015-12-16] ## Significant Changes * Package requires R (>= 2.14.0), because of `requireNamespace()`. ## Bug Fixes * `devSetLabel(which, label)` gave an error if `which` was a label. * Closing devices by their labels gave an error if they where not opened in ordered. ## Software Quality * ROBUSTNESS: Increased package test coverage from 72% to 87%. # Version 2.13.1 [2015-09-21] ## New Features * Add `capabilitiesX11()`. ## Bug Fixes * `toX11()` gave error "Device type 'X11' is not known/supported". * `devOptions(grDevices::png)` returned `devOptions("favicon")` - not `devOptions("png")` as expected. ## Code Refactoring * Explicit import of **utils** and **graphics** functions. # Version 2.13.0 [2015-02-21] ## New Features * When calling `devEval()` on multiple devices then underlying graphics device functions no longer gives an error of unknown arguments, which means it is now possible to pass device specific arguments also when in multi-device calls, e.g. `devEval(c("x11", "png"), res = 100, { plot(1:10) })`. ## Bug Fixes * `devNew("quartz", which = "foo")` could set the label of device #1(!) when quartz devices was not supported. This was because `quartz()` only gives a warning (and not an error) when it is not supported, so the internal code thought the devices was successfully opened. * Renaming incomplete files gave an error if there were already files renamed for similar reasons. Added package test. * `devEval(type, ...)` gave 'Error in strsplit (type, split = "|", fixed = TRUE' if type was a device function. Added package tests showing that it's possible to do `devEval(type = grDevices::png, ext = "png", plot(1:10))` in addition to `devEval(type = "png", ext = "png", plot(1:10))`. ## Software Quality * TESTS: Package coverage 74% (was 64%). ## Code Refactoring * Cleanup: Using `requireNamespace()` instead of `require()` internally. # Version 2.12.0 [2014-09-17] ## New Features * DEVICES: Added support for all `Cairo*` devices of the **Cairo** package. * DEVICES: Added `favicon()` device, which is a wrapper for `png()` with bells and whistles. It has its own device options. Updated `toFavicon()` to use default argument `field = "htmlscript"`, which generates an HTML script that dynamically sets the favicon. * Several functions now supports specifying device type names by regular expressions, e.g. `devOptions("cairo_.*")` and `devEval("cairo_.*", name = "foo", { plot(1:10) })`. The latter will output one image file for each available `cairo_.*` device. * Added support for "global" device options to fall back on if no set for the device type queried, e.g. `devOptions("*", pointsize = 14)`. * Now arguments `sep`, `path`, `field` and `force` for `devEval()` and the various `toNNN()` functions now utilizes `getDevOption()`, which is still backward compatibility with the old style R options. * Now `devIsInteractive()` without arguments returns all known interactive devices. * ROBUSTNESS: Now package does a better job of checking whether a particular device is supported on the current system, cf. `capabilities()` and `Cairo::Cairo.capabilities()`. ## Deprecated and Defunct * Cleanup: Dropped argument `field` for `toNNN()`, because the default is now NULL which corresponds to returning a `DevEvalProduct` object. In turn, this object has the pathname as it's value, which was the previous default `field` value. Also, `as.character()` on this object returns the (relative) pathname. * Cleanup: All old-style R options (e.g. `devEval/args/field`) have been deprecated. They will still work for a while but it is recommended to set them as `devOptions("*", field = ...)` instead. # Version 2.11.5 [2014-09-30] ## New Features * Added `view()` and `!()` to `DevEvalProduct`. ## Bug Fixes * `devDone()` would close some devices despite them being on screen/interactive devices, e.g. an x11 device. * `devNew(x11)` on Unix/Linux where the default `width` or `height` failed to be inferred would throw an error reporting on "cannot coerce type 'closure' to vector of type 'character'". # Version 2.11.4 [2014-09-16] ## New Features * ROBUSTNESS: Now `withPar()` also resets all the graphical parameters available upon entry even if no explicit ones were specified. This covers the case when `expr` changes the parameters, e.g. `withPar({ par(cex = 2L); plot(1:10) })`. ## Bug Fixes * Now `getPathname(..., relative = FALSE)` returns the absolute pathname. * `devOptions()` returned the incorrect options for device types `"eps"`, `"jpg2"`, and `"png2"`, if package was not attached. # Version 2.11.3 [2014-09-12] ## New Features * Added `getDevOption()`. ## Bug Fixes * On Windows, `devOptions()` assumed that the **grDevices** package was attached. * `devOptions(type, name = NULL)` did not assign the option NULL. * `devDump()` fell back on option `devDump/args/path`, but that would never happen. Dropping that option. # Version 2.11.2 [2014-09-11] ## Bug Fixes *` devEval("cairo_pdf", ...)` for generate an image file with a \*.cairo_pdf filename extension. Now `devEval(..., ext = NULL)` does a better job of inferring the default extension from the device type. ## Software Quality * ROBUSTNESS: Added explicit package tests for `devOptions()`. # Version 2.11.1 [2014-09-02] ## New Features * Added `getData()` to `DevEvalFileProduct`. # Version 2.11.0 [2014-08-29] ## New Features * Added support for `devEval()` to try multiple device types one-by-one until success, e.g. `devEval("png|jpg|bmp", ...)`. # Version 2.10.0 [2014-08-29] ## Significant Changes * Changed default argument `field` for `toNNN()` from `"fullname"` to `"pathname"` as in `getOption("devEval/args/field", "pathname")`. This should work for most compilers including LaTeX, although for the latter it is preferred to use `"fullname"`. See the package vignette for details. ## Documentation * Update package vignette with information on how to output image files of multiple formats in one call. # Version 2.9.3 [2014-08-17] ## Code Refactoring * Cleanup: Removed false `R CMD check` NOTE. * Bumped up the package dependencies. # Version 2.9.2 [2014-05-15] ## Code Refactoring * Bumped up the package dependencies. # Version 2.9.1 [2014-05-01] ## New Features * Added `withPar()` for plotting with temporarily set graphical parameters. # Version 2.9.0 [2014-04-28] ## New Features * Added `toDefault()` for plotting to the default device analogously to how the other `toNNN()` device functions works. Likewise, added `toX11()`, `toWindows()`, `toQuartz()`, `toCairoWin()`, `toCairoX11()`, and `toJavaGD()` for plotting to interactive/screen devices. * Now it's possible to use `devEval()` to open a new or activate an existing interactive/screen device. * Added support for (hidden) argument `which` to `devNew()`, such that `devNew(type, which = which)` avoids opening a new device iff an existing device of the same device type and index/label already is opened. For instance, calling `devNew("X11", which = "foo")` will open an X11 device and label it `foo`. Subsequent calls will set the focus that same device. ## Bug Fixes * Now `devEval("windows", { plot(1:10) })` no longer gives "Error: Detected new graphics devices that was opened but not closed while executing devEval(): '2' (windows)". ## Code Refactoring * Bumped up package dependencies. # Version 2.8.4 [2014-01-11] ## New Features * Added `asDataURI()` for converting an image file to an Base64-encoded data URI character string. # Version 2.8.3 [2014-01-10] ## New Features * Added `toFavicon()` for outputting figures as HTML favicons. # Version 2.8.2 [2014-01-02] ## New Features * Now the timestamp of the default path for `devDump()` is in the local one. # Version 2.8.1 [2013-12-08] ## Bug Fixes * `devOptions(types)` would drop all options for combinations of device types that have identical sets of options, e.g. `types = c("png", "png")` or `types = c("bmp", "png")`. ## Code Refactoring * Bumped up package dependencies. * No longer need for an ad hoc NAMESPACE import. # Version 2.8.0 [2013-10-29] ## New Features * Added `devDump()` which is short for calling `devEval(c("png", "pdf"), ..., which = devList(interactiveOnly = TRUE))`, i.e. it copies the content of open interactive ("screen") devices. * Added argument `interactiveOnly` to `devList()`. * If `expr` is missing, `devEval()` copies the current active device and `devEval(which = devList())` copies all open devices. For example, `plot(1:10); devEval(c("png", "jpg", "pdf"), name = "myfig")`. ## Bug Fixes * `devSet(which)` where `which` is a very large number could leave lots of stray temporary devices open when error "too many open devices" occurred. Now all temporary devices are guaranteed to be closed also when there is an error. * `devIsOpen()`, `dev(Get|Set)Label(which)` would not handle the case when the device was specified by an numeric `which` and there is a gap in the device list. ## Code Refactoring * Now package imports (no longer suggests) the **base64enc** package. This way packages using **R.devices** do not have to specify also **base64enc** if they use dataURI-encoding of images. # Version 2.7.3 [2013-10-28] ## New Features * ROBUSTNESS: Now `devSet()` guarantees to close all temporary devices it opens. # Version 2.7.2 [2013-10-15] ## Software Quality * ROBUSTNESS: Added package system tests for `devSet()`. ## Code Refactoring * Now the package vignettes are in vignettes/ - and not in inst/doc/ which will not be supported by R (>= 3.1.0). # Version 2.7.1 [2013-10-07] ## Code Refactoring * Cleanup: Now explicitly importing only what is needed in NAMESPACE. * Bumped up package dependencies. # Version 2.7.0 [2013-09-28] ## New Features * GENERALIZATION: Vectorized `devEval()`, e.g. it is now possible to do `devEval(c("png", "pdf"), name = "MyPlot", { plot(1:10) })`. Added arguments `initially` and `finally` to `devEval()`. Contrary to `expr` which is evaluated for each graphics type/device, these are evaluated only once per call. This makes it possible to avoid repeating expensive computations. * GENERALIZATION: Vectorized `devIsInteractive()`, `devIsOpen()`, `devGetLabel()`, `devOff()`, and `devDone()`. * Now `devOff()` and `devDone()` checks if device is opened before trying to close it. This avoids opening and closing of non-opened devices. * Updated the formal defaults of several `devEval()` arguments to be NULL. Instead, NULL for such arguments are translated to default internally. This was necessary in order to vectorize `devEval()`. * CONSISTENCY: Now `devList()` returns an empty integer vector (instead of NULL) if no open devices exists. * ROBUSTNESS: The device functions that are not vectorize do now throw an informative error if passed a vector. * Now the `R.devices` `Package` object is also available when the package is only loaded (but not attached). ## Software Quality * ROBUSTNESS: Added several more package system tests. ## Code Refactoring * ROBUSTNESS: Now declaring all S3 method in NAMESPACE. * Cleanup: Removed fall back attachments of **R.utils** as these are no longer needed with **R.oo** (>= 1.15.1). # Version 2.6.1 [2013-09-17] ## New Features * ROBUSTNESS: Now `getDataURI()` throws an `Exception` is suggested package **base64enc** is not installed. ## Bug Fixes * Some package examples and system tests assumed that the suggested package **base64enc** is installed. * Package vignette assumed that **R.rsp** and **R.utils** are attached. ## Software Quality * Bumped up package dependencies. # Version 2.6.0 [2013-08-29] ## New Features * Added support for retrieving a Base64-encoded data URI string from a `DevEvalFile`. * Added classes `DevEvalProduct` and `DevEvalFileProduct`, which are returned by `devEval()`. ## Software Quality * TESTS: Added package system tests. # Version 2.5.2 [2013-08-27] ## New Features * Added `devIsInteractive()`. ## Bug Fixes * Now `devEval()` no longer passes a pathname to `devEval()` for interactive devices, which in turn would generate warnings. ## Code Refactoring * Package no longer utilizes `:::`. # Version 2.5.1 [2013-08-17] ## New Features * Argument `ext` of `devEval()` can now be inferred from argument `type` also when `type` is passed via a string variable. # Version 2.5.0 [2013-07-30] ## New Features * Added support the `win.metafile` (WMF) device type and added `toWMF()` creating (extended) WMF files. Since the file format is *extended* WMF, which often has file extension *.emf, `toEMF()` was also added. `toEMF()` uses the same device driver as `toWMF()` with the only difference that the file extension is *.emf instead of *.wmf. * Now `devOptions()` can query the options of multiple device types. Added arguments `options` and `drop` to `devOptions()`. * Now `devEval()` returns a list of class `DevEvalFile`. ## Documentation * Hiding internal/legacy functions from the help index. # Version 2.4.2 [2013-07-15] ## New Features * Added argument `sep` to `devEval()` together with an option to set its default value. # Version 2.4.1 [2013-07-12] ## Code Refactoring * Updated how vignettes are built and included. # Version 2.4.0 [2013-07-03] ## New Features * Now `devNew()` returns the index of the opened device. * Now `devEval()` and `devNew()`, and hence `toPNG()` and so on, can be called without attaching the package, e.g. `R.devices::toPNG()`. ## Code Refactoring * Cleanup: Now package only imports the **R.utils**. However, it will attach ("load") **R.utils** as soon as `devEval()` or `devNew()` is called. * Bumped up package dependencies. # Version 2.3.0 [2013-05-30] ## Code Refactoring * Now the package vignette is built via the R (>= 3.0.0) vignette engines, if available. # Version 2.2.4 [2013-05-20] ## Documentation * Now all Rd `\usage{}` lines are at most 90 characters long. # Version 2.2.3 [2013-04-04] ## New Features * ROBUSTNESS: Now `devEval()` does a better job of making sure to close the same device as it opened. Previously it would close the current active device, which would not be the correct one if for instance other devices had been open in the meanwhile/in parallel. # Version 2.2.2 [2013-04-01] ## Code Refactoring * Now package builds with both **R.rsp** (< 0.9.1) and **R.rsp** (>= 0.9.1). # Version 2.2.1 [2013-03-28] ## Code Refactoring * Bumped up package dependencies. * Cleaned up the NAMESPACE file. # Version 2.2.0 [2013-03-07] ## Documentation * Preparing package vignettes for the upcoming R 3.0.0 support for non-Sweave vignettes. ## Code Refactoring * Bumped up package dependencies. # Version 2.1.6 [2013-02-13] ## New Features * Changed default argument `field` for `devEval()` from NULL to `getOption("devEval/args/field", NULL)`. * Changed default argument `field` for `toNNN()` from `"fullname"` to `getOption("devEval/args/field", "fullname")`. # Version 2.1.5 [2013-02-13] ## Code Refactoring * Specifying new DESCRIPTION field `VignetteBuilder`. # Version 2.1.4 [2012-12-19] ## Code Refactoring * Utilizing new `startupMessage()` of **R.oo**. # Version 2.1.3 [2012-11-19] ## Documentation * Minor corrections and clarifications in the vignette. ## Code Refactoring * CONSISTENCY: Now using `throw()` instead of `stop()` everywhere. * Only importing what is necessary from **R.methodsS3** and **R.oo**. * Made all integer constants truly integers. # Version 2.1.2 [2012-08-21] ## Documentation * Fixed minor typo in the vignette. * In `help(devEval)` the link to `help(devNew)` was broken. ## Code Refactoring * Updated versions of the package dependencies. # Version 2.1.1 [2012-05-01] ## New Features * Now `devOptions()` returns options invisibly if some options were set, otherwise not, e.g. `devOptions()` versus `devOptions("png", width = 1024)`. ## Documentation * Added a first draft of a package vignette. # Version 2.1.0 [2012-04-27] ## Code Refactoring * Merged updates from the **R.utils** v1.13.1. # Version 2.0.0 [2011-11-05] ## Significant Changes * Created package by extracting all methods in **R.utils** v1.9.1 that are related to graphical devices. * The below change log shows the changes to the device methods while they were in **R.utils**. For this reason, we choose to set the version of this package such that it starts where we left **R.utils**. # Version 1.9.1 [2011-11-05] ## New Features * Added `devOptions()`. * Added default `width` and `height` values to `eps()`. * Turned `png2()` and `jpeg2()` into plain functions without a generic. This is consistent with how `eps()` is defined. * Now the default `width` is inferred from `devOptions()` if needed. ## Documentation * Added an example to `help(devEval)`. # Version 1.8.6 [2011-10-31] ## New Features * Added argument `field` to `devEval()`. # Version 1.8.2 [2011-09-24] ## New Features * `devNew()` no longer gives a warning about argument `aspectRatio` is specified when both or neither of `width` and `height` are given, and `aspectRatio == 1`. # Version 1.7.5 [2011-04-12] ## New Features * Now `devEval("jpg", ...)` is recognized as `devEval("jpeg", ...)`. # Version 1.7.3 [2011-04-02] ## New Features * Now argument `force` of `devEval()` defaults to `getOption("devEval/args/force", TRUE)`. # Version 1.7.2 [2011-03-18] ## New Features * Now argument `path` of `devEval()` defaults to `getOption("devEval/args/path", "figures/")`. * Now `devEval()` does a better job of "cleaning up" `name` and `tags`. # Version 1.7.1 [2011-03-18] ## New Features * `devNew()` gained option `devNew/args/par`, which can be used to specify the default graphical parameters for `devNew()`. Any additional parameters passed via argument `par` will override such default ones, if both specifies the same parameter. * The automatic archiving of `devEval()` is not considered unless the **R.archive** package is loaded, regardless of option settings. ## Documentation * The title of `help(devDone)` was incorrect. # Version 1.7.0 [2011-03-10] ## New Features * Now argument `aspectRatio` of `devNew()` defaults to 1 (not NULL). * REPRODUCIBLE RESEARCH: Now `devEval()` archives any generated image files if **R.archive** option `devEval` is TRUE. # Version 1.6.3 [2011-02-20] ## New Features * Added argument `par` to `devNew()` for applying graphical parameters at the same time as the device is opened, which is especially useful when using `devEval()`. * Changed argument `force` of `devEval()` to default to TRUE. # Version 1.6.2 [2011-02-14] ## New Features * Added trial version of `devEval()` for simple creation of images. * Added argument `aspectRatio` to `devNew()`, which updates/sets the `height` or the `width`, if the one of the other is not given. # Version 1.5.5 [2010-10-26] ## New Features * Now argument `which` to `devSet()` can be any object. If not a single numeric or a single character string, then a checksum character string is generated using `digest::digest(which)`. # Version 1.0.8 [2008-10-16] ## New Features * Now `devDone(which = 1)` does nothing. Before it gave an error. ## Bug Fixes * Argument `type` of `devNew()` did not take `function`:s. # Version 1.0.6 [2008-09-08] ## New Features * Now `devNew()` filters out arguments `file` and `filename` if the device is interactive. # Version 1.0.4 [2008-08-01] ## New Features * Added several functions for extending the current functions dealing with devices. All added functions can address a device by a label in addition to the standard device index. The `devGetLabel()` and `devSetLabel()` gets and sets the label of a give device. `devList()` lists the indices of existing device named by their labels, cf. `dev.list()`. The functions `devSet()` and `devOff()` work like `dev.set()` and `dev.off()` but accept labels as well. Furthermore, `devSet(idx)` will open a device with index `idx` if it does not exists, and `devSet(label)` a device with that label if not already opened. The `devIsOpen()` checks if a device is open or not. The `devDone()` function calls `devOff()` except for screen devices. # Version 1.0.0 [2008-02-26] ## Bug Fixes * The default filename for `eps()` had extension \*.ps not \*.eps. # Version 0.7.6 [2006-02-15] ## New Features * Since the `png2()` and `jpeg2()` devices are in this package, the `eps()` device from **R.graphics** has been moved here for consistency. # Version 0.6.0 [2005-09-24] ## New Features * Added trial versions of `jpeg2()` and `png2()`.