[R] xyplot gets overplotted by plot

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, Henric Nilsson wrote:

> At 17:09 2004-10-14 +0100, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> 
> >You can't expect base graphics to know that you
> >have used a grid plot (via lattice) after the last base graphics plot and
> >did not intend to write on top of the latter.  Base graphics has been told
> >to write on the existing page of the device, in the upper right figure
> >region of an already divided device region.  So it does.
> 
> OK. I got fooled by that it seems to 'work' if we repeatedly just switch 
> between xyplot and plot, i.e. without altering the par setting. But is that 
> just due to everything on the device getting overwritten? I assumed that 
> every call to plot erased the device before plotting.

Not if you partition the device (by par(mfrow/mfcol), layout, 
split.screen, etc).

> >Why do you want to mix base and lattice graphics on the same device?
> 
> Convenience (if you define mixing as being able to direct all output from 
> both graphic systems to a single window without risking one getting 
> overlayed by the other).

Yes.  I use separate devices for base and lattice graphics: it is easy to 
switch between them using dev.*.  That's habit from when you had too.

> >Think of it as a bonus that it works at all (it has not always, and base
> >and Trellis interwork less well in S-PLUS).
> 
> I think of whole of R as a bonus. Thanks for your reply!
> 
> Henric 
> 
> 

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