Another approach may be to use hooks (see ?setHook). The plot.new function already has a hook, so you could do your option #1 automatically by setting that hook.
Better would be if all the graphics device functions had hooks (or a common hook), then you could set that hook to set your graphics parameters and they would be set every time a new graphics device was started. -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801) 408-8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:04 AM > To: r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Rd] Wish: Option to configure the default par() (PR#9545) > > Full_Name: Thomas Friedrichsmeier > Version: 2.4.1 > OS: linux (Debian unstable) > Submission from: (NULL) (84.60.113.185) > > > Summary: It would be nice to have a centralized option for > setting default par() options for all devices and all plots. > This would ease producing graphs in a customized but > consistent way. Suggesting options("par.default"). > > Example problem: Make all graphs look like > > par(bg="light gray", las=2) > > both on screen and for various produced file formats such as > png() and postscript(). > > Current situation: To solve the example problem, two > approaches come to mind: > 1) Always call par() before the next plot. This could be > wrapped into a function to make it easier to stay consistent. E.g.: > > postscript() > myDefaultPar() # calls par(bg="light gray", las=2) > plot(...) > > 2) Create wrappers for all devices of interest, like e.g. > (not quite correct, but good enough for this example): > > myX11 <- function(...) { > X11(...) > par(bg="light gray", las=2) > } > > Both solutions work, but are not entirely elegant. The > drawback of 1) is that you still need to add the given line > manually at all places. The drawback of 2) is that a similar > wrapper will have to be created (and used) for each different device. > > Wish: > Add a new option: options("par.default"), similar to the > existing options("par.ask.default"). This option would accept > a list of all par settings to set a custom default for: > > options(par.default=list(bg="light gray", las=2)) > > par() options specified while creating the device, in calls > to plot() or in subsequent calls to par() would take > precendence over options("par.default"). > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
