[R] Are there any guis out there, which will allow editing of the graph?

[Peter Dalgaard]

Peter Dalgaard wrote:
> Bert Gunter wrote:
>> No. Can't be. Editable graphs require that the graph be produced via 
>> code
>> that produces changeable components. All R graphs are essentially 
>> static.
>>   
> Well, there's the xfig() device whose output can be edited with 
> xfig.... This was originally written (by me, for S-PLUS, back in the 
> dark ages, later modified extensively for R by Brian) 
Actually, "rewritten" is more like it. R and S device drivers are rather 
different beasts, so Brian started from scratch, modifying the 
postscript device using the fig file specification.

> with the purpose of being able to do things like moving unfortunately 
> placed labels around. In practice, I hardly ever used it because of 
> the "writing in sand" aspect that affects all such interactive tools.  
> However, xfig is still around and even installable on Windows with a 
> little extra effort.
>
>


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