[R-SIG-Finance] RFC: plot.xts

[Gei Lin]

Is there a method available to set a log axis in for a panels with
plot.xts? Like the PerformanceAnalytics::chart.TimeSeries call to
plot.window()

2015-04-23 11:52 GMT-04:00 Brian G. Peterson <brian at braverock.com>:

> On Thu, 2015-04-23 at 15:33 +0000, Paul Teetor via R-SIG-Finance wrote:
> > Josh:
> > First, many thanks to everyone for this work. I've seen some
> > preliminary results, and they look wonderful.
> > Second, some questions before I dive in:
> > Does this subsume the xtsExtra package of plotting functions? Do we
> > still need xtsExtra, or is that toast?
>
> plot.xts will be removed from xtsExtra in the near future.  Yes,
> plot.xts and supporting function now in xts-proper supercede the
> plot.xts in xtsExtra.
>
>
> > How would you recommend installing this? By devtools::install_github,
> > for example?
>
> install_github is a fine approach
>
> install_github('joshuaulrich/xts')
>
>
> > Finally, I depend critically on xts for daily work. Does this beta
> > release impact the non-graphics code?
>
> We use this code for production-critical tasks every day.
>
> The core of xts has the usual smattering of optimizations and bug fixes,
> and has not changed substantially from a user perspective.
>
> plot.xts is substantially different from the old plot.xts, but the old
> plot.xts didn't do much, which is why most users used chartSeries or
> plot.zoo.
>
> > What's the appropriate level of caution here?
>
> As always, YMMV, but this code has been under development and in use for
> over a year, and I at least consider it stable and ready for prime time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian
>
> --
> Brian G. Peterson
> http://braverock.com/brian/
> Ph: 773-459-4973
> IM: bgpbraverock
>
> _______________________________________________
> R-SIG-Finance at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance
> -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first.
> -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions
> should go.
>



-- 
*Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.*
                                – Muhammad Ali
*The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance observes.*
                                – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]