Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

Nicolas Grilly skreiv: > Karl Ove Hufthammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yes! R (especially using the new grid and lattice framework) produces >> excellent charts and graphs, with very sensible default options (much >> of it based on Cleveland's research). > > What is Cleveland's research? Can

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

Karl Ove Hufthammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes! R (especially using the new grid and lattice framework) produces > excellent charts and graphs, with very sensible default options (much > of it based on Cleveland's research). What is Cleveland's research? Can you provide references on the web

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

> http://www.nieuwarchief.nl/serie5/index.php Thanks, lots of elegant layouts there, and enjoyable mathematics! -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1. _

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

David Wooten wrote: > Thus I'm curious as to what others use... is R an efficient method to > produce elegant charts? Yes! R (especially using the new grid and lattice framework) produces excellent charts and graphs, with very sensible default options (much of it based on Cleveland’s research).

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: > But where you put one figure will affect the placement of later > figures. And maybe you paint yourself into a corner, and would like > to backtrack and sacrifice excellent earlier placements in order to > minimize terrible placements now... > http://www.nieuwarchief.nl/

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

> > Can TeX/LaTeX/ConTexT-based typesetting can look as good? Perhaps! > I'm curious: What is preventing ConTeXt in particular from looking > this good? What is the basis of your "Perhaps!"? What's missing? Mostly my lack of skill with ConTeXt, but the experts could say for sure. A likely trou

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

Hi Sanjoy, On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:48:07 -0600, Sanjoy Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's _Beautiful Evidence_ (2006) and it is beautiful. I think it was > typeset in Quark. A few pages from the book, as well some of Tufte's > updates on the book's production, are here: > >

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

Hans writes: > fyi: there is a new tufte book (don't have it yet but i'm told that it's > nice too) It's _Beautiful Evidence_ (2006) and it is beautiful. I think it was typeset in Quark. A few pages from the book, as well some of Tufte's updates on the book's production, are here:

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

David Wooten wrote: > There is a special (albeit not well furnished) place in my heart for > Tufte's /"Visual Display of Quantitative Information/", so I suppose I > fyi: there is a new tufte book (don't have it yet but i'm told that it's nice too) Hans -

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

On Friday 21 July 2006 15:22, David Wooten wrote: > Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >> Thus I'm curious as to what others use... is R an efficient method to > >> produce elegant charts? Is straight MetaPost preferable? > > > > With metapost you can surely achive most beautiful results and it is > > not as

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> Thus I'm curious as to what others use... is R an efficient method to >> produce elegant charts? Is straight MetaPost preferable? >> > > With metapost you can surely achive most beautiful results and it is > not as difficult to learn as TeX-programming. Of course you m

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

On 7/21/06, David Wooten wrote: > Greetings all, > > I've been itching to stop using "Illustrator" and other programs to make > the charts and graphs I wish to include in my ConTeXt-generated > documents, and would like to get some advice on the matter. > > There is a special (albeit not well furni