The gridGraphviz package renders node-and-edge graphs in R using the grid graphics package. Graphs are laid out using the Rgraphviz package to interface with the graph layout algorithms in graphviz. This article details the improvements made between gridGraphviz versions 0.2 … Continue reading → [Read more...]

TableToLongForm automatically converts hierarchical Tables intended for a human reader into a simple LongForm Dataframe that is machine readable, hence enabling much greater utilisation of the data. It does this by recognising positional cues present in the hierarchical Table (which … Continue reading → [Read more...]

This article discusses the importance of providing structure and labelling within SVG code, particularly when the SVG code is generated indirectly by a high-level system and when the SVG code describes a complex image such as a statistical plot. We … Continue reading → [Read more...]

The gridSVG package exports grid images to the SVG image format for viewing on the web. This article describes the problems associated with retaining grid object names in SVG element id attributes. In addition, new features in gridSVG that allow … Continue reading → [Read more...]

The TimingManager library is a tool written in JavaScript used to apply animations in a web browser. It is not concerned with creation or modification of animation timing information, and delegates those tasks to R via the animaker package. Primarily … Continue reading → [Read more...]

Statistical plots drawn with the ggplot2 package generate numerous grid grobs and viewports which are labelled and organised into a coherent hierarchy. This report describes an example that shows how to manipulate the grobs and viewports in a ggplot2 plot … Continue reading → [Read more...]

This report describes the animaker package for generating descriptions of animation sequences. An animation sequence is composed by combining atomic animations in series to create sequence animations or in parallel to create track animations. Functions are provided for manipulating animation … Continue reading → [Read more...]

The selectr package translates a CSS selector into an equivalent XPath expression. This allows the use of CSS selectors to query XML documents using the XML package. Convenience functions are also provided to mimic functionality present in modern web browsers. … Continue reading → [Read more...]

New hook functions, makeContext() and makeContent(), have been added to the grid graphics package. These functions allow an alternative approach to developing custom grobs when a grob can only decide what to draw at drawing time rather than when the … Continue reading → [Read more...]

The gridSVG package exports grid images to an SVG format for viewing on the web. This article describes a new development in the way that gridSVG produces the SVG output. The result is greater flexibility in how the SVG output … Continue reading → [Read more...]

The gridSVG package exports grid images to an SVG format for viewing on the web. This article describes new features in gridSVG that allow grid coordinate system information to be exported along with the image. This allows the SVG image … Continue reading → [Read more...]

A Voronoi Treemap is a visualisation tool for displaying data with a hierarchical structure.  This article describes an open source implementation of Voronoi Treemaps in the R language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.  The article includes example usage … Continue reading → [Read more...]