[Rd] Could unit.list() from grid package be made an exported function?

[Paul Murrell]

Hi

I think the right solution is to add [<- methods for units.
I will take a look at whether I can get that done for the release of R 3.3.0

Paul

On 07/03/16 07:34, Wilke, Claus O wrote:
> Hello,
>
> certain manipulations of ggplot2 graphs, in particular aligning them,
> require the function grid:::unit.list(). See e.g. these posts on
> stackoverflow:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34032621/element-replacement-in-grid-unit-vector
>
>
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32580946/setting-absolute-size-of-facets-in-ggplot2/32583612#32583612
> http://stackoverflow.com/a/35823179/4975218
>
> Since this seems to be a reasonably common issue, would it be
> possible to export grid:::unit.list(), so it can be used in
> packages?
>
> (Am I sending this to the right audience? It’s not clear to me how to
> reach the maintainer of the grid package in base R.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Claus
>
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