Re: [R] handling objects plotted on x11 device

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From: ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
Date: Sat 28 Dec 2002 - 06:06:39 EST


Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.31.0212271904410.7425-100000@gannet.stats>

On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, Uwe Ligges wrote:

> Timur Elzhov wrote:
> >
> > Is it possible to handle objects have already been plotted on
> > x11 device? For example, I wrote the text on the wrong place.
> > Can I remove it, or I have to re-draw all the canvas, again?
>
> The latter.

You can re-plot the text in background colour (col=0) *provided that is
not transparent* (when you can use the canvas colour) and provided it did
not overlap other graphics.

In practice, Uwe's suggestion is much the easiest one.

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