Import R plot in Latex

Question

I am trying to import plot from R to LaTeX, in R, I used:

plot()
dev.print(device=pdf, file="price.pdf")
dev.off()

Then, in LaTeX, simply used

\begin{figure}[ht!]
  \caption{Price} 
  \includegraphics[scale= 0.3]{price.pdf}
  \label{fig:price}    \centering  
\end{figure}

However, because of the size of the plot, LaTeX becomes so slow when I ViewPDF that I can not even see the plot coming up. I still have several plots waiting to import, and I am wondering is there any other good way to import large size plot in LaTeX? Thanks.

Answer 1

I am not sure that your question is R related. Is it only a problem of the total pdf size (How big)?

Importing a lot of graphics in a pdf is a long process. I usually add the option draft to the package graphicxs and only compile without when checking the text.

% In your preamble
\usepackage[draft]{graphicx}

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