Well, just goes to show you how much I know! Glad you were able to get some help.
-- Bert -----Original Message----- From: Arthur Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 12:05 PM To: Bert Gunter Subject: Re: [R] Are there any guis out there,which will allow editing of the graph? Dear Bert, I heard from several commentators that you can actually edit Figures by a variety of means. I tried Inkscape and it seems to work pretty well. Best wishes, Art On Aug 4, 2008, at 10:09 AM, Bert Gunter wrote: > No. Can't be. Editable graphs require that the graph be produced via > code > that produces changeable components. All R graphs are essentially > static. > > That said, caveats: graphs drawn via the grid package functionality > -- for > example lattice graphs -- **are** produced via changeable code. If > you read > the lattice docs carefully, you'll see that there are a few features > there > that allow some graph editing. There may be other packages that also > have > some editing capabilties. R's base graphics also allow a little > interaction > via identify() and locator(), which can be useful (e.g. for > positioning > legends). > > One can also "simulate" interactivity by recording various > components of > graph construction and then modifying and redrawing them. But this > is just > manually doing what you're looking for, so probably a dumb suggestion. > > While graph editing certainly can be a nice feature, it is very > difficult to > implement without severely constraining graphing flexibility (IMO, of > course). Graphs are very complex beasties, so it's hard to write > clean code > that allows flexibile editing capabilities. Look at S-Plus's graph > editing, > which I always found harder to use (and more buggy) than just > issuing the > commands. (To be fair, it's been some years since I tried). > > Again, just my 2 bits. Others may well disagree (and perhaps point > you to > what you seek). > > Cheers, > Bert > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ] On > Behalf Of Arthur Roberts > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 9:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [R] Are there any guis out there,which will allow editing > of the > graph? > > Hi, all, > > I would like to know if there is any gui interface out there > (academic or commercial) that allows one to edit R-language generated > graphs (e.g positioning x axis labels.) It would be nice to have > something like the user interface of Igor or Origin. I have already > used JGR and R-gui. These are good, but they don't allow one to > easily edit graphs. I have also tried locator() and the package > iplots. Your input is greatly appreciated. > > Best wishes, > Art Roberts > University of Washington > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.