[R] R: package "plotrix"

[Uwe Ligges]

On 18.07.2010 19:57, David Winsemius wrote:
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> On Jul 18, 2010, at 1:32 PM, <mauede at alice.it> wrote:
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>>
>> -----Messaggio originale-----
>> Da: Uwe Ligges [mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de]
>> Inviato: dom 18/07/2010 18.58
>> A: mauede at alice.it
>> Cc: jim at bitwrit.com.au; r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> Oggetto: Re: [R] package "plotrix"
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>>
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>> On 18.07.2010 17:59, mauede at alice.it wrote:
>>> I installed package plotrix because reading its vignette it looks
>>> like it can help me solve a "legend" problem.
>>> The package instaleed correctly on my Mac OS/X 10.5.8
>>> But I cannot reproduce the examples centered on function "lgendg".
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>>
>> You mean "legendg".
>>
>> Yes. Sorry for my typo.
>>
>>>> library(plotrix)
>>>> plot(0.5,0.5,xlim=c(0,1),ylim=c(0,1),type="n",
>>> + main="Test of grouped legend function")
>>>> legendg(0.5,0.8,c("one","two","three"),pch=list(1,2:3,4:6),
>>> + col=list(2,3:4,5:7))
>>> Error: could not find function "legendg"
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>>
>> That works for me. Try to upgrade bopth R and plotrix if you have not
>> already.
>> I am running R 2.9.2 on my Mac OS/X 10.5.8
>> I always feel uncomfortable with upgrades.
>> Shall I uninstall R 2.9.2 in advance of instaling the ew bversion for
>> Mac ?
>
> No need to do so. The appropriate 2.11.1 folders will be created in the
> R.framework folder and the links in the Current folder will be updated.



This is ancient, hence please upgrade anyway - and you have still not 
reported your plotrix version nor if you updated the package.


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>> I ave no reason for keeping two versions.
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>>
>>> My problem with the regular R "legend" function is that I cannot
>>> indicate in the legend the line plotted by the command "abline"
>>> Here is the code. Attached is the plot. Any suggestion is welcome.
>>> Thank you.
>>> Maura
>>>
>>>
>>> x11(width=10,heigh=8)
>>> plot(NN,LB,xlim=c(1,300),ylim=c(0,3),
>>> main="Intrinsic Dimensionality of 1D
>>> Helix",font.main=2,cex.main=2,col.main="red",
>>> xlab="Number of Nearest-Neighbors",ylab="Estimated
>>> Dimension",col.lab="red",cex.lab=1,font.lab=2,
>>> xaxt="n",yaxt="n",pch=19,col="red4")
>>> axis(1,at=NN[1:40],labels=NN[1:40],cex.lab=1,cex.axis=0.8,col.axis="blue",lwd.ticks=0.5,col.ticks
>>> ="gray3")
>>> axis(2,at=c(0,0.5,1,1.5,2,2.5,3,3.5,4),labels=c(0,0.5,1,1.5,2,2.5,3,3.5,4),cex.lab=1,cex.axis=0.8,
>>>
>>> col.axis="blue",lwd.ticks=0.5,col.ticks ="gray3")
>>> lines(NN,McG,pch=18,col="green")
>>> lines(NN,PBJD,pch=20,col="magenta1")
>>> points(NN,GRPR,pch=18,col="cyan")
>>> abline(h=1,pch= 1,lty=1,col="black")
>>> legend("topright",legend =
>>> c("Levina-Bickel","MacKay-Ghahramani","Pettis-Bailey-Jain-Dubes","Grassberger-Procaccia","Helix
>>> Dimension"),
>>> text.width = strwidth("Pettis-Bailey-Jain-Dubes"),pch =
>>> c(19,18,20,18,1),
>>> col = c("red4","green","magenta1","cyan","black"),text.col =
>>> "black",lty=c(-1,-1,-1,1),
>>> bg ="snow")
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> We do not have the data nor do we see the figure, hence this is not
>> reproducible for us.
>>
>> Actually I attached the TIFF plot that I am attaching again.
>
> Re-read the Posting Guide. It specifies what can be attached and TIFF
> files are NOT in the list of acceptable types. Uwe might have gotten a
> copy but the rest of us did not.
>


No, the tiff probably did not pass our e-mail filters at all.

Best,
Uwe Ligges