[R] Re: new packages: grid and lattice

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

Paul,

Thanks for these. I've put Windows versions up.

Next iteration can you make your .ps files with type1 fonts (dvips -Ppfb or
-Pwww or a local incantation) or provide the sources?  That way they
will render better at different resolutions, and even distill to PDF
(which is a lot more universally available).

Brian

On Tue, 22 May 2001, Paul Murrell wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Two new packages have just been uploaded to the _DEVEL_ section on CRAN:
>
>
> 1.  package "grid"
>
> AUTHOR
> Paul Murrell
>
> OVERVIEW
> This package provides an altenative graphics system for R.
>
> FEATURES
> Very flexible layout facilities (viewports, units, layouts)
> Component-based design (graphics can be constructed incrementally and
> hierarchically)
> Basic support for interaction (graphics functions return "objects")
> Highly customisable and extensible
>
> BUGS/UNIMPLEMENTED FEATURES
> No clipping
> Only single active device
> Viewport rotation very fragile
> ...
>
>
> 2.  package "lattice"
>
> AUTHOR
> Deepayan Sarkar
>
> OVERVIEW
> This package provides graphics functionality similar to the Trellis suite in
> S-Plus.
>
> FEATURES
> Mutipanel plots of one or two variables conditioned on one or more other
> variables.
> Formula-style specification of conditioning.
> Strips atop the panels to indicate levels of the conditioning variables.
>
> BUGS/UNIMPLEMENTED FEATURES
> The "key" argument.
> The "font" argument.
>
>
> The lattice package uses the graphics system provided by grid so you will
> need to download both packages in order to use lattice.  Furthermore, the
> packages are most likely to work only with the latest development release of
> R.  At the very least they require R 1.2.0 or later.
>
> The packages are in the DEVEL section of CRAN because they are far from
> complete and have many bugs and missing features.  However, they should
> contain sufficient functionality to be of use to some people.  We are also
> very interested in feedback on things that don't work, things that people
> don't like, and even things that people do like :)
>
> Paul Murrell
> Deepayan Sarkar
>
>
>
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