[R] ggplot2 scale relation free

[hadley wickham]

Oh ok, then that will be definitely in there for the next version
(which I'm aiming to release early November)

Hadley

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:24 PM, stephen sefick <ssefick at gmail.com> wrote:
> no, no, I want to facet on a variable and then have the plots stacked
> on top of each other with different scales.  I have grown quite fond
> of not having four different things on a plot all with different
> scales- it is quite confusing.  I may send you along an example when I
> get to that point.  I have about two weeks worth of work yet before
> all of the insects are done. thank you for the offer.
> thanks agian
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:19 PM, hadley wickham <h.wickham at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> Thanks for the kind words about ggplot2 :)
>>
>> The next version of ggplot2 will implement the equivalent of scale
>> relation free - I've just finished writing the bulk of the code and
>> now I'm getting all the edge cases working.  However, what you
>> describe sounds like you want multiple scales on a single plot - and
>> that's not something that ggplot is likely to ever support.  However,
>> it's relatively easy to rescale the variables yourself (provided you
>> have some consistent way of doing so), and if you have a concrete
>> example I'd be happy to show you how.
>>
>> Hadley
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:12 PM, stephen sefick <ssefick at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I don't know if there is a way to use the scale relation free argument
>>> in ggplot2 like in lattice.  I have a feeling that there is not, but I
>>> would like to make a plea for this feature.  It would be nice to be
>>> able to plot Total Inorganic Nitrogen Total Phosphorus and the ratio
>>> of the two-  the numbers on the axis are not related, but the previous
>>> two are surely related to the last (this ratio has been suggested to
>>> show nutrient limitation, but there is the possibility that the
>>> concentrations of the two constituents are high enough where the ratio
>>> is not that meaningful).  Or maybe when particulate organic carbon is
>>> related to macroinvertebrate density with scales as divergent as 1mg/L
>>> to 1000insects/m^2 .  The good parts about base graphics are that you
>>> can do anything you want to even if it is wrong, but I'm responsible
>>> for my actions or assumptions.  ggplot is a wonderful piece of
>>> software and most of its defaults are wonderful, but this would be
>>> useful to me, anyway.  Hadley thanks so much for this wonderful piece
>>> of software.
>>>
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> Stephen Sefick
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> Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are
> so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and
> make us feel like gods.  We are mammals, and have not exhausted the
> annoying little problems of being mammals.
>
>                                                                -K. Mullis
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