I'm also glad to see this features go into the standard packages. I think that it may be worthwhile to regularly 'nominate' features/functions present in other packages for 'promotion' into the standard R packages.
-G > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dirk > Eddelbuettel > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:39 AM > To: Duncan Murdoch > Cc: Warnes, Gregory R; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Rd] Wishlist: simple legend options (PR#7400) > > > On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 08:54:54AM -0500, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 03:08:11 +0000 (UTC), Gabor Grothendieck > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > > > > > <epurdom <at> stanford.edu> writes: > > > > > >: > > >: Full_Name: Elizabeth Purdom > > >: Version: 1.9.1 > > >: OS: Windows XP > > >: Submission from: (NULL) (171.64.102.199) > > >: > > >: It would be nice if legend had the option of some > default locations you could > > >: choose instead of entering specific coordinates, like "topleft", > > >: "topright","topcenter", etc. based on par("usr") > coordinates. I know I've > > >wanted > > >: it so often I've made my own simple non-robust > wrap-around, so I don't have > > >to > > >: remember or parse the xjust and yjust options necessary > to make it work. Of > > >: course there should be the option of entering in your > own coordinates. > > > > > >Check out smartlengend in package gtools which is part of > the gregmisc > > >bundle. I agtee its a useful feature and it would be nice if that > > >feature migrated to the base graphics. > > > > I've put both the title and keyword placement of the legend into > > legend() now, in R-devel. I was unaware of the > smartlegend() function > > (which is actually in gplots); I've just now added an "inset" > > parameter like it has. The specification for the location > is slightly > > different than smartlegend() uses. Because legend() handles the > > second parameter in a strange way and I didn't want to fiddle with > > that, I put the specification entirely in the first parameter: you > > say you want the legend at one of "bottomright", "bottom", > > "bottomleft", "left", "topleft", "top", "topright", > > "right", or "center". > > > > This should be downloadable tomorrow from the CRAN mirrors. > > Sweet, thanks. I'm probably not the only one who wrote simple little > wrappers for that at one point. Good to have a more general > solution in > base. > > Dirk > > -- > If your hair is standing up, then you are in extreme danger. > -- http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfp/cockpit-phys/fp1ex3.htm > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > LEGAL NOTICE\ Unless expressly stated otherwise, this messag...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
