On 6/17/07, Bernd Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am making myself familiar with ggplot2 (I really like the examples > at <http://had.co.nz/ggplot2/>). > > One thing that really annoys me is the default use of white grid > lines and a gray background [1, 2]. I simply would like to have black > grid lines and a white background. No problem, I thought, "This is R. > There is no if. Only how." (fortune("Simon Blomberg")). > > I carfully checked the ggplot2 homepage <http://had.co.nz/ggplot2/> > and the ggplot2 book <http://had.co.nz/ggplot2/book.pdf>. > > It seemed that the use of ggopt would be a good idea, in particular > grid.colour. > > library(ggplot2) > x <- rnorm(100) > y <- rnorm(100) > ## the default behaviour > (a <- qplot(x,y)) > ## my attempt to change the default behaviour > ggopt(grid.colour = "black", grid.fill = "white", background.colour = > "black") > (b <- qplot(x,y)) > > (Of course, I also gave ggtheme a try but without success.) > > Unfortunately, I didn't found any solution for my problem which I > could hardly believe. I strongly suspect that it's my fault but would > appreciate any hint like RTFM on page XXX or so.
While the structure of ggplot plots is largely complete, I'm still working on the appearance. I know a lot of people prefer a white background with black gridlines (and many journals require it) but it hasn't been a priority. It is on my todo list, and hopefully it will make it in the next release of ggplot (probably 7-10 days from now) Hadley ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
