[R] lattice background color

ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Mon May 27 22:33:48 CEST 2002


On Mon, 27 May 2002, Bliese, Paul D MAJ WRAIR-Wash DC wrote:

> I'm sure there is a simple answer to this question, but it stumps me so far.
>
> I've been using R to create graphic images and paste them into other
> programs (Word, PowerPoint).
>
> Recently, I've been using lattice (wonderful package), but I can't figure
> out how to create graphs in lattice that don't have a background color --
> that is, my graphs carry over the grey background if I use the default.  I
> can change the background color to white, and as long as I paste the picture
> into a white document everything is fine, but that only works for white
> documents.
>
> Any ideas on how to get a NULL background color.  Note that the non-lattice
> graphics do not carry over the background color.  The following simple
> solution does NOT work:
>
> > trellis.device(bg=NULL)

trellis.device(bg="transparent")

NULL is not a colour, is it?

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