Re: [R] using R interactively

Peter Dalgaard BSA (p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk)
28 Jun 1999 20:57:46 +0200

To: <twestley@buffalo.veridian.com>
Subject: Re: [R] using R interactively
From: Peter Dalgaard BSA <p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk>
Date: 28 Jun 1999 20:57:46 +0200
In-Reply-To: "Terry J. Westley"'s message of "Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:18:41 -0400"

"Terry J. Westley" <twestley@buffalo.veridian.com> writes:

> 1) Is it possible to erase data points, legends, and/or text
> from an R plot?

Unfortunately no. R is still pretty much stuck in the old hardcopy
device model. Not that we wouldn't want something smarter, but the
changes would be pretty pervasive.

> 2) What's the best way to find the closest data point to
> what locator() returns?

identify()

> 3) Also, has anyone implemented anything like buttons or pull-down
> menus so that I could implement other functions? I'm using
> Tcl/Tk to control this application but I would prefer that, once
> the plot is displayed, the user doesn't have to go back to another
> window to invoke other functions (such as Quit).

Guido Masarotto did a sketchy, but rather neat Tcl/Tk <-> R glue
package at some point. Doesn't work with some linuxen if one uses
international charset, but you probably couldn't care less about
that...

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