[R] Are there any guis out there, which will allow editing of the graph?

[Hans W. Borchers]

Duncan Murdoch <murdoch <at> stats.uwo.ca> writes:
> 
> On 04/08/2008 12:50 PM, Arthur Roberts wrote:
> > Hi, all,
> > 
> > 	I would like to know if there is any gui interface out there  
> > (academic or commercial) that allows one to edit R-language generated  
> > graphs (e.g positioning x axis labels.)  It would be nice to have  
> > something like the user interface of Igor or Origin.  I have already  
> > used JGR and R-gui.  These are good, but they don't allow one to  
> > easily edit graphs.  I have also tried locator() and the package  
> > iplots.  Your input is greatly appreciated.
> 
> I imagine there are a number of commercial packages available that would 
> allow you to edit PDF or PS files, but I haven't used any of them, so I 
> can't recommend one.

There is this fantastic open source editor for vector graphics, *Inkscape*
(http://www.inkscape.org/). Inkscape can read PDF files generated by R as
PDFs. By 'ungrouping' graphs, Inkscape is able to modify any single piece
of the diagram. Inkscape will save modified diagrams in PDF, EPS, SVG or
any other reasonable graphics format.

Regards,

Hans Werner Borchers
ABB Corporate Research

> 
> Duncan Murdoch
>