[R] "Plotting" text?

[Uwe Ligges]

grid is an R base package that always ships with R and is not 
distributed in the repository of contributed packages.

Uwe Ligges


On 24.10.2011 14:50, Kevin Burton wrote:
> I get the following error trying to install the package:
>
>> install.packages("grid")
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Warning message:
> In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>    package ‘grid’ is not available (for R version 2.13.2)
>>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: baptiste auguie [mailto:baptiste.auguie at googlemail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 12:46 AM
> To: rkevinburton at charter.net
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] "Plotting" text?
>
> Try this,
>
> library(grid)
> grid.newpage()
> grid.text("text")
>
> HTH,
>
> baptiste
>
> On 22 October 2011 13:26,<rkevinburton at charter.net>  wrote:
>>
>> I noticed that the text() command adds text to a plot. Is there a way
>> to either make the plot blank or add text to a "blank sheet". I would
>> like to "plot" a page that contains just text, no plot lines, labels, etc.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> Kevin
>>
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