Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Oliver
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:31 PM
> To: David Winsemius
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] plotting questions
>
> thanks you both for the reply.
>
> yes, the second question is two-in-one, a bit confusing: I was thinking
> about Matlab's hold
> command, but also waiting for user input to proceed. So you have
> provided
> the complete answer.
>
> The first question though - yes, windows() will give you a different
> window
> on w32 platform; On my Mac, quartz() will pop a new window. Does that
> mean
> my R code won't be portable if I need two windows? I was hoping
> something
> like figure() on matlab ... One way to get around the problem is check
> the
> platform first, then run different commands, but that would make the
> user
> code a bit cumbersome, does this make sense to you at all?
>
> Best,
>
> Oliver
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 7:05 PM, David Winsemius
> <dwinsemius at comcast.net>wrote:
>
> >
> > On Feb 20, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Simon Pickett wrote:
> >
> > Hi Oliver,
> >>
> >> 1) thats easy, if you want to display several graphs at once type
> >> windows(), once for each new graph.
> >>
> >> 2) Not sure exactly what you mean here but you have complete control
> over
> >> graphs in R. e.g. plot a blank graph then add axex using axis(), add
> points
> >> using points(), etc. etc.
> >>
> >
> > True, we to guess. My guess is that he wants:
> > ask {gtools}
> > R Documentation
> > Display a prompt and collect the user's responseDescription
> > Display a prompt and collect the user's response
> >
> > Usage
> > ask(msg = "Press <RETURN> to continue: ")
> > So one plot would be sent to a graphics device, then ask(), then
> after
> > response, add a line or points or ... (but not a new plot() or
> dev.new()
> > command)
> >
> > ?dev.cur
> > ?abline
> > ?points
> > --
> > David Winsemius
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Check out these pdfs http://cran.r-project.org/other-
> docs.htmlparticularly Emanuel Paradis's great intro to using R, very
> helpful for
> >> plots.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps,
> >>
> >> Si.
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oliver" <fwang2 at gmail.com>
> >> To: <r-help at r-project.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 3:33 AM
> >> Subject: [R] plotting questions
> >>
> >>
> >> hi,
> >>>
> >>> There are two types of plotting I miss dearly in Matlab, can anyone
> >>> enlighten me how to do similar stuff in R?
> >>>
> >>> - multiple figures with individual windows (not multiple figures in
> >>> same window)?
> >>>
> >>> - draw something, hold on the drawing, wait for a key action, then
> >>> overlay on top?
> >>>
> >>> Not sure if this makes sense, just want to check if there are
> >>> developed techniques for them.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Oliver
> >>>
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