Or graph, RBGL and Rgraphviz from www.bioconductor.org.... On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 02:35:02PM +0200, Uwe Ligges wrote: > Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > I want to draw and edit networks. Currently I will do something like this -- > > my actual networks are larger and more complex: > > > > 1. Plot network > > > > # use polygon with nodes as example network > > N <- 20 > > t. <- 2*pi*seq(N+1)/N > > plot(cos(t.), sin(t.), type="b", pch=19, cex=5, col="blue", axes=F, ann=F) > > > > 2. copy and paste the graphic as a metafile into Word. > > > > 3. edit the network > > there. The editing typically just involves moving nodes and the attached > > edges. Of course, Word does not know the edges are attached to the nodes so I > > have to move the nodes and then move the attached edges, as well. > > > > The networks are too complex to create the diagrams by hand which is why > > I want to create them in R and then edit them by hand. > > > > The above strategy is marginally acceptable but > > I was wondering if anyone had a better strategy which retains the > > simplicity of the present approach but gives me the capability to > > have the edges move along with attached nodes when editing them. > > > > (Note that the strategy must consist of generating the network under program > > control, preferably in R, and then editing it afterwards. I am not looking > > to create the entire network by hand since the networks are too complex for > > that. I had tried specifying the networks in dot from Bell Labs but 1. its > > still more work than generating the network in R 2. the automatic > > layout it chooses is so far from what I need that its a lot of work to > > fix it up by hand in dotty and 3. I could never get them to look just how > > I like. I have also tried Excel and Powerpoint, both > > of which support connectors, which are edges that move along with attached > > nodes, but to use them I have to create the entire network by hand and > > the networks have grown too complex to do that.) > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > Have you tried the CRAN package "dynamicGraph" by Jens Henrik Badsberg? > > Uwe Ligges > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
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