Re: [R] curiosity question: new graphics vs. old graphics subsystem

2006-07-04 Thread ivo welch
hi paul: thank you. great explanation. * what you describe seems like a fairly modest advantage of the traditional system. I have never used the new system, but this part of the translation should be simple: if a plot() is called, set the current viewport. emulation done. (if the user has

Re: [R] curiosity question: new graphics vs. old graphics subsystem

2006-07-04 Thread Paul Murrell
Hi ivo welch wrote: hi paul: thank you. great explanation. * what you describe seems like a fairly modest advantage of the traditional system. I have never used the new system, but this part of the translation should be simple: if a plot() is called, set the current viewport.

Re: [R] curiosity question: new graphics vs. old graphics subsystem

2006-07-03 Thread Paul Murrell
Hi ivo welch wrote: I just read paul murrell's new book, R graphics. now, I have always used the traditional graphics system. apparently, the new (trellis?) system is an entirely separate graphics system. after reading the book, I cannot figure out what the intrinsic capability advantage

Re: [R] curiosity question: new graphics vs. old graphics subsystem

2006-07-02 Thread Mihai Nica
the skills to contribute :-) Just my 2c. The least of learning is done in the classrooms. - Thomas Merton Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 09:34:39 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] curiosity question: new graphics vs. old

[R] curiosity question: new graphics vs. old graphics subsystem

2006-07-01 Thread ivo welch
I just read paul murrell's new book, R graphics. now, I have always used the traditional graphics system. apparently, the new (trellis?) system is an entirely separate graphics system. after reading the book, I cannot figure out what the intrinsic capability advantage of the old graphics system