Re: [Rd] graphics defaults

2008-03-14 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Deepayan Sarkar wrote: > On 3/13/08, Ben Bolker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>Can someone point me to a justification for the design >> decisions, which seem to be similar in lattice and >> ggplot2, of > > Disclaimer: I don't have strong personal preferences, I just we

Re: [Rd] graphics defaults

2008-03-14 Thread Deepayan Sarkar
On 3/13/08, Ben Bolker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Can someone point me to a justification for the design > decisions, which seem to be similar in lattice and > ggplot2, of Disclaimer: I don't have strong personal preferences, I just went with what Trellis had. That said, > (1) gray backg

Re: [Rd] graphics defaults

2008-03-13 Thread hadley wickham
>Can someone point me to a justification for the design > decisions, which seem to be similar in lattice and > ggplot2, of (1) gray backgrounds and (2) filled points? > [I seem to remember seeing somewhere the opposite recommendation > for points, i.e. that open points make it much easier t

[Rd] graphics defaults

2008-03-13 Thread Ben Bolker
Can someone point me to a justification for the design decisions, which seem to be similar in lattice and ggplot2, of (1) gray backgrounds and (2) filled points? [I seem to remember seeing somewhere the opposite recommendation for points, i.e. that open points make it much easier to see if ther