[BioC] pairs() with hexbin panels (was RE: hexbin needs colorspac e - but where is colorspace?)

[Liaw, Andy]

I recently ran into related problems.  I was looking for a way to do pairs()
with hexbin in each panel.  I found pairs.CSP() in `rflowcyt', but even the
example code in ?pairs.CSP failed.  (That example code is wrapped in `if
(interactive()) ...', so R CMD check would not have picked it up.)  The
culprit is that hexagons() is no where to be found.  I suspect this is
caused by hexbin version incompatibility?

Can anyone suggest a way to do what I want (scatterplot matrix with hexbin
panels)?

Best,
Andy

> From:  Martin Maechler
> 
> >>>>> "JimMcD" == James MacDonald <jmacdon at med.umich.edu>
> >>>>>     on Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:23:19 -0400 writes:
> 
>     JimMcD> library(reposTools)
>     JimMcD> install.packages2("colorspace")
> 
>     JimMcD> HTH,
> 
>     JimMcD> Jim
> 
>     JimMcD> Also, if you are using the devel version you will 
> probably need to be
>     JimMcD> running R-2.2.0
> 
> but really the grid-based  hexbin is in the current Bioconductor
> (1.6), at least for me, 
> so I am a little perplexed why Naomi first needs to download it.
> 
> I guess, Naomi, you somehow managed to keep an old version of
> hexbin around?  It may be because  getBioC() has changed and
> doesn't install "hexbin" anymore AFAIK, unless you explicitly
> ask for
>    getBioC("hexbin", lib = ...., destdir = ....)
> 
> the need of which I had been wondering about as well..
> 
> Also --- probably more a question to the 
> bioconductor-release-managers : 
> if you had used the above  getBioC(..) shouldn't you have gotten
> "hexbin"  *plus* all the packages it depends on, i.e., in your
> case "colorspace" as well?
> Naomi, can you tell us *how* you've installed hexbin?
> 
> Regards,
> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
> 
>     >>>> Naomi Altman <naomi at stat.psu.edu> 7/18/2005 3:15:30 PM >>>
> 
>     Naomi> I downloaded hexbin from the developer site, since 
> the release version
>     Naomi> says 
>     Naomi> to do so.
> 
>     Naomi> But I then get the following message:
> 
>     >> library(hexbin)
>     Naomi> Loading required package: grid
>     Naomi> Loading required package: colorspace
>     Naomi> Error: package 'colorspace' could not be loaded
>     Naomi> In addition: Warning message:
>     Naomi> there is no package called 'colorspace' in: 
> library(pkg, character.only
>     Naomi> = TRUE, logical = TRUE, lib.loc = lib.loc)
> 
>     Naomi> I thought this might be a version problem, so I also
>     Naomi> reinstalled the most recent version of R - but to no
>     Naomi> avail.  I have not been able to locate colorspace.
> 
>     Naomi> As always, any assistance would be most appreciated.
> 
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