Re: [R] Drawing schematics

2009-05-29 Thread Mark Wardle
Hi. Have you looked at graphviz? I have previously used R to generate graphviz diagrams. I create a template graphviz diagram and then use R to parse this template, substitute appropriate values and then outputto a temporary file. I then use a system() call to run graphviz on thisoutputted

[R] Drawing schematics

2009-05-28 Thread George Chen
Hi, I would like to represent the treatment course of a subject with an arrow representing passage through time and various ticks, arrows, or bars representing treatments done to the patient along the arrow. I would like to generate this sort of schematic for each patient in a database taking

Re: [R] Drawing schematics

2009-05-28 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
Paul Murrel has an article about using grid graphics to do this. He also mentions specialized R packages that are specifically aimed at this task. http://journal.r-project.org/current.html On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:00 PM, George Chen glc...@stanford.edu wrote: Hi, I would like to represent