[R] Possible R graphics devices

stephen sefick ssefick at gmail.com
Thu Sep 4 22:40:51 CEST 2008


I think being able to say lable your points with a third column of
data would be cool (which I am sure is already do-able), and also to
be able to hover over a point and find out the value.  On a huge
wishlist that I don't have a clue how to implement- a zoom window
function close to kaliedagraphs would make me very happy.

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Jeffrey Horner
<jeff.horner at vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been working on a new R Graphics device that targets Adobe's Shockwave
> Flash format (SWF for short). It uses http://www.libming.org/ on the
> backend. Here are some example outputs so far:
>
> http://160.129.129.41/~hornerj/plots/
>
> Once you click on the above, choose a directory like 'smooth' and then click
> on test.html to see a side-by-side comparison of the swf file with the png
> equivalent. Fonts aren't working yet (but they will), and libming doesn't
> support dashed lines either, so there are some areas upon which to improve.
>
> My goal is to support limited interactivity in the form of popup labels for
> key data points. Maybe someone has some other ideas?
>
> Also, there's a fascinating new project that aims to create interactive
> graphics within the HTML canvas tag using the Processing.js javascript
> library. It's quite eye-opening:
>
> http://ejohn.org/blog/processingjs
>
> I believe an R graphics device could target javascript as well!
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Jeff
> --
> http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/JeffreyHorner
>
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Stephen Sefick
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