[R] Successive Graphs

[Berton Gunter]

... or use lattice and splom() instead. If the successive graphs bear some
relationship to each other, this might produce a more useful display, too.

-- Bert Gunter
Genentech Non-Clinical Statistics
South San Francisco, CA
 
"The business of the statistician is to catalyze the scientific learning
process."  - George E. P. Box
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Michael Prager
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 2:38 PM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] Successive Graphs
> 
> Paternostro.Amy at epamail.epa.gov wrote:
> 
> > Hello! I have written an R script on a Windows platform where I
> > calculate eight result matrices I plot using matplot. I 
> would like to
> > display the resulting plots successively, rather than 
> simultaneously,
> > and I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right 
> direction as
> > to how to do this. The graphs pop up in this manner by 
> default when I
> > run my script in S-PLUS, with tabs separating them so I can 
> view each
> > graph at my leisure. However when I run my script in R, 
> each graph pops
> > up only for a moment before it is replaced by the next 
> until I am left
> > with only the plot of the eighth matrix at the end of the 
> script. Thanks
> > in advance for your help!
> 
> Others have pointed out the R plot history mechanism, which is
> very nice.  A few additions.
> 
> If you are re-running the script often and want to get rid of
> old windows, you can put near the top of your script
> 
> graphics.off()
> 
> You can open a graphics window -- with history enabled -- with
> 
> windows(record=TRUE)
> 
> Plot history is saved.  If desired, you can clear the old
> history before making new plots with
> 
> .SavedPlots <- NULL
> 
> 
> Mike Prager
> Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
> Beaufort, North Carolina  USA
> 
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