Oh ok, then that will be definitely in there for the next version (which I'm aiming to release early November)
Hadley On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:24 PM, stephen sefick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > no, no, I want to facet on a variable and then have the plots stacked > on top of each other with different scales. I have grown quite fond > of not having four different things on a plot all with different > scales- it is quite confusing. I may send you along an example when I > get to that point. I have about two weeks worth of work yet before > all of the insects are done. thank you for the offer. > thanks agian > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:19 PM, hadley wickham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Stephen, >> >> Thanks for the kind words about ggplot2 :) >> >> The next version of ggplot2 will implement the equivalent of scale >> relation free - I've just finished writing the bulk of the code and >> now I'm getting all the edge cases working. However, what you >> describe sounds like you want multiple scales on a single plot - and >> that's not something that ggplot is likely to ever support. However, >> it's relatively easy to rescale the variables yourself (provided you >> have some consistent way of doing so), and if you have a concrete >> example I'd be happy to show you how. >> >> Hadley >> >> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:12 PM, stephen sefick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I don't know if there is a way to use the scale relation free argument >>> in ggplot2 like in lattice. I have a feeling that there is not, but I >>> would like to make a plea for this feature. It would be nice to be >>> able to plot Total Inorganic Nitrogen Total Phosphorus and the ratio >>> of the two- the numbers on the axis are not related, but the previous >>> two are surely related to the last (this ratio has been suggested to >>> show nutrient limitation, but there is the possibility that the >>> concentrations of the two constituents are high enough where the ratio >>> is not that meaningful). Or maybe when particulate organic carbon is >>> related to macroinvertebrate density with scales as divergent as 1mg/L >>> to 1000insects/m^2 . The good parts about base graphics are that you >>> can do anything you want to even if it is wrong, but I'm responsible >>> for my actions or assumptions. ggplot is a wonderful piece of >>> software and most of its defaults are wonderful, but this would be >>> useful to me, anyway. Hadley thanks so much for this wonderful piece >>> of software. >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen Sefick >>> Research Scientist >>> Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy >>> >>> Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are >>> so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and >>> make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the >>> annoying little problems of being mammals. >>> >>> -K. Mullis >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://had.co.nz/ >> > > > > -- > Stephen Sefick > Research Scientist > Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy > > Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are > so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and > make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the > annoying little problems of being mammals. > > -K. Mullis > -- http://had.co.nz/ ______________________________________________ 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.
