On Mon, 05 Jul 2004, Frank Küster wrote: > ...but lacks a simple spreadsheet for data editing/easy viewing of > raw figures. The same is probably true for R. The spreadsheet > functionality is the reason why I had a look at rlplot; but what I > am looking for is a replacement for proprietary software I currently > use, and that only run on Windows or Mac OS. Sometimes I also use > Grace, but only if I know that I don't need to work with the data I > plot (like subtracting columns from each other).
There are two separate things that you deal with in R. The first is raw data. A simple spreadsheet program like gnumeric or a texteditor sufices to enter the data. Once you've got the raw data, you (ideally) perform all of the manipulations of that data in R to prepare your graphs. In my current work, I have a relatively standard data treatment that I apply to raw data which produces the plots automagically without wasting time entering formulas in a spreadsheet. Not to mention that the plotting in R is publication quality straight out of the box, which is, frankly, not the case for most extant graphing programs. Don Armstrong -- Dropping non-free would set us back at least, what, 300 packages? It'd take MONTHS to make up the difference, and meanwhile Debian users will be fleeing to SLACKWARE. And what about SHAREHOLDER VALUE? -- Matt Zimmerman in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
