Error using PostScriptTrace()

[M. Ndiaye]

I couldn't run PostScriptTrace() from the package "grImport" without an
error. At first the postscript program couldn't be found. however the
problem persisted after the full path the postscript program was indicated.
I read earlier post on the subject in vain. See the codes and output below.
The file "Senegal_location_map.ps" was originally a "svg" file from:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Senegal_location_map.svg
It was saved as "ps" file from Inkscape.
Thank you for any assistance
Modou
> library(grImport)
Loading required package: grid
Loading required package: XML
> Sys.setenv(R_GSCMD="C:/Program Files/gs/gs9.05/bin/gswin64c.exe")
> PostScriptTrace("Senegal_location_map.ps", charpath=F)
Error in PostScriptTrace("Senegal_location_map.ps", charpath = F) :
  status 127 in running command 'C:/Program Files/gs/gs9.05/bin/gswin64c.exe
  -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=
  C:\Users\heman\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp2duW3P\filefd01d981ff7
  -sstdout=Senegal_location_map2.ps.xml captureSenegal_location_map.ps'
> traceback()
2: stop(gettextf("status %d in running command '%s'", ret, cmd),
       domain = NA)
1: PostScriptTrace("Senegal_location_map.ps", charpath = F)
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.15.0 (2012-03-30)
Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)

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[Paul Murrell]

Hi

On 24/06/2012 5:54 p.m., M. Ndiaye wrote:

> I couldn't run PostScriptTrace() from the package "grImport" without an
> error. At first the postscript program couldn't be found. however the
> problem persisted after the full path the postscript program was indicated.
> I read earlier post on the subject in vain. See the codes and output below.
> The file "Senegal_location_map.ps" was originally a "svg" file from:
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Senegal_location_map.svg
> It was saved as "ps" file from Inkscape.
> Thank you for any assistance
> Modou
>> library(grImport)
> Loading required package: grid
> Loading required package: XML

Your problem might be the space in the file path below ...

>> Sys.setenv(R_GSCMD="C:/Program Files/gs/gs9.05/bin/gswin64c.exe")

... which you could fix as follows (add single quotes around the outside
so that the file path it itself surrounded by double quotes) ...

Sys.setenv(R_GSCMD='"C:/Program Files/gs/gs9.05/bin/gswin64c.exe"')

Paul

>> PostScriptTrace("Senegal_location_map.ps", charpath=F)
> Error in PostScriptTrace("Senegal_location_map.ps", charpath = F) :
>    status 127 in running command 'C:/Program Files/gs/gs9.05/bin/gswin64c.exe
>    -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=
>    C:\Users\heman\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp2duW3P\filefd01d981ff7
>    -sstdout=Senegal_location_map2.ps.xml captureSenegal_location_map.ps'
>> traceback()
> 2: stop(gettextf("status %d in running command '%s'", ret, cmd),
>         domain = NA)
> 1: PostScriptTrace("Senegal_location_map.ps", charpath = F)
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.15.0 (2012-03-30)
> Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>
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[M. Ndiaye]

Paul,

Adding the single quotes fixed the problem!
Very appreciative.
Modou

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Paul Murrell <[hidden email]>wrote:

> Hi
>
>
> On 24/06/2012 5:54 p.m., M. Ndiaye wrote:
>
>> I couldn't run PostScriptTrace() from the package "grImport" without an
>> error. At first the postscript program couldn't be found. however the
>> problem persisted after the full path the postscript program was
>> indicated.
>> I read earlier post on the subject in vain. See the codes and output
>> below.
>> The file "Senegal_location_map.ps" was originally a "svg" file from:
>>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**File:Senegal_location_map.svg<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Senegal_location_map.svg>
>> It was saved as "ps" file from Inkscape.
>> Thank you for any assistance
>> Modou
>>
>>> library(grImport)
>>>
>> Loading required package: grid
>> Loading required package: XML
>>
>
> Your problem might be the space in the file path below ...
>
>
>  Sys.setenv(R_GSCMD="C:/Program Files/gs/gs9.05/bin/gswin64c.**exe")
>>>
>>
> ... which you could fix as follows (add single quotes around the outside
> so that the file path it itself surrounded by double quotes) ...
>
>
> Sys.setenv(R_GSCMD='"C:/**Program Files/gs/gs9.05/bin/gswin64c.**exe"')
>
> Paul
>
>  PostScriptTrace("Senegal_**location_map.ps", charpath=F)
>>>
>> Error in PostScriptTrace("Senegal_**location_map.ps", charpath = F) :
>>   status 127 in running command 'C:/Program Files/gs/gs9.05/bin/gswin64c.
>> **exe
>>   -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=
>>   C:\Users\heman\AppData\Local\**Temp\Rtmp2duW3P\**filefd01d981ff7
>>   -sstdout=Senegal_location_**map2.ps.xml captureSenegal_location_map.**
>> ps'
>>
>>> traceback()
>>>
>> 2: stop(gettextf("status %d in running command '%s'", ret, cmd),
>>        domain = NA)
>> 1: PostScriptTrace("Senegal_**location_map.ps", charpath = F)
>>
>>> sessionInfo()
>>>
>> R version 2.15.0 (2012-03-30)
>> Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>>
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