Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-09 Thread David Forrest
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, David Forrest wrote: ... http://fawn.unibw-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/Rwiki.pl?UsePictures This page demonstrates the use of pictures and the use of a public image server for hosting graphics files. Also, there's a page:

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-07 Thread Chris Evans
On 6 Jun 2005 at 17:48, Sander Oom wrote: ... much snipped ... The whole point of a gallery is to show something to the user before the user knows what he is looking for. The R help functions currently available are hopeless when you have a picture of a graph in your head without knowing the

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-07 Thread Sander Oom
I agree that a wiki to facilitate submission of graph code could be very effective! Still needs to be well protected against vandalism. Seems a regular backup, to facilitate a clean restore, is the best approach. Romain, would you be willing to set up a wiki within the gallery. Think the wiki

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-07 Thread Nick Drew
point of a wiki is to foster collaboration. Just 2 cents . . . ~Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sander Oom Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 2:37 AM To: Chris Evans Cc: R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-07 Thread Romain Francois
Le 07.06.2005 12:36, Sander Oom a écrit : I agree that a wiki to facilitate submission of graph code could be very effective! Still needs to be well protected against vandalism. Seems a regular backup, to facilitate a clean restore, is the best approach. Romain, would you be willing to set

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-07 Thread Sander Oom
Hi Romain, You have stuck your neck out which is great. You are however not responsible for all the work! Let others join in! Thus a wiki could provide opportunities for other people to contribute! I was suggesting that the wiki be used as a platform for people to submit code examples and

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-07 Thread Dan Bolser
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Sander Oom wrote: Hi Romain, You have stuck your neck out which is great. You are however not responsible for all the work! Let others join in! Thus a wiki could provide opportunities for other people to contribute! I was suggesting that the wiki be used as a platform for

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-07 Thread David Forrest
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Dan Bolser wrote: ... I agree, but its hard to get people contributing without something centralized (some central autohrity). The problem with the existing wiki http://fawn.unibw-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/Rwiki.pl?RwikiHome Is that it currenlty does not support images (afaik).

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-07 Thread Dan Bolser
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, David Forrest wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Dan Bolser wrote: ... I agree, but its hard to get people contributing without something centralized (some central autohrity). The problem with the existing wiki http://fawn.unibw-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/Rwiki.pl?RwikiHome Is that it

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-07 Thread David Forrest
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Dan Bolser wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, David Forrest wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Dan Bolser wrote: ... I agree, but its hard to get people contributing without something centralized (some central autohrity). The problem with the existing wiki

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-07 Thread David Forrest
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Dan Bolser wrote: ... http://fawn.unibw-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/Rwiki.pl?Tips_And_Examples Great! We would need an image bin to support this though (for the average user). Hi Dan all http://fawn.unibw-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/Rwiki.pl?UsePictures This page demonstrates the use

[R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread Romain Francois
Hello all, It seems that the next improvement to the R Graph Gallery is categorization of the graphics, that way each graph will be easier to find. That step should be done *carefully* if we want to avoid the opposite side-effect : graph not reachable through the categories. That's why the

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread Dan Bolser
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Romain Francois wrote: Hello all, It seems that the next improvement to the R Graph Gallery is categorization of the graphics, that way each graph will be easier to find. That step should be done *carefully* if we want to avoid the opposite side-effect : graph not

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread Barry Rowlingson
Romain Francois wrote: Graphics will be classified in : - categories - sub-categories within those categories So far so good. Maybe, maybe not! Would a system of keywords work better than strict hierarchical categories, as long as plots can have more than one keyword attached? Someone

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Romain Francois [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello all, It seems that the next improvement to the R Graph Gallery is categorization of the graphics, that way each graph will be easier to find. That step should be done *carefully* if we want to avoid the opposite side-effect : graph not

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread Romain Francois
Le 06.06.2005 17:21, Peter Dalgaard a écrit : Romain Francois [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello all, It seems that the next improvement to the R Graph Gallery is categorization of the graphics, that way each graph will be easier to find. That step should be done *carefully* if we want to

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread Sander Oom
Barry Rowlingson wrote: Romain Francois wrote: Graphics will be classified in : - categories - sub-categories within those categories So far so good. Maybe, maybe not! Would a system of keywords work better than strict hierarchical categories, as long as plots can have more than one

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread Dan Bolser
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Sander Oom wrote: Barry Rowlingson wrote: Romain Francois wrote: Graphics will be classified in : - categories - sub-categories within those categories So far so good. Maybe, maybe not! Would a system of keywords work better than strict hierarchical

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread David Forrest
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Romain Francois wrote: Le 06.06.2005 17:21, Peter Dalgaard a écrit : ... BTW, shouldn't there a way there from http://addictedtor.free.fr ? I seem to get stuck on the home page with nothing to click (except R and the labels on the left). Hello Peter, My english

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread Romain Francois
Le 06.06.2005 22:30, David Forrest a écrit : BTW, shouldn't there a way there from http://addictedtor.free.fr ? I seem to get stuck on the home page with nothing to click (except R and the labels on the left). Hello Peter, My english fails me at understanding your question. I don't

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread David Forrest
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Dan Bolser wrote: On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Romain Francois wrote: ... It seems that the next improvement to the R Graph Gallery is categorization of the graphics, that way each graph will be easier to find. That step should be done *carefully* if we want to avoid the opposite

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread Dan Bolser
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, David Forrest wrote: On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Dan Bolser wrote: On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Romain Francois wrote: ... It seems that the next improvement to the R Graph Gallery is categorization of the graphics, that way each graph will be easier to find. That step should be done

Re: [R] R Graph Gallery : categorization of the graphs

2005-06-06 Thread Wojtek Slusarski
Romain Francois wrote: Le 06.06.2005 22:30, David Forrest a écrit : BTW, shouldn't there a way there from http://addictedtor.free.fr ? I seem to get stuck on the home page with nothing to click (except R and the labels on the left). Hello Peter, My english fails me at understanding