[R] Border width on symbols plotted with the lattice package

[David Winsemius]

On Feb 8, 2013, at 8:55 AM, ilai wrote:

> Like this ?
> xyplot(4:5~4:5, groups=4:5, lex = 5 ,
> par.settings = simpleTheme(cex=10, pch=21, lwd=5),
> auto.key=TRUE)
> 

And if I had used a more general search strategy I might have found it, too, rather than hacking my way to a less adequate solution; less adequate in the sense of no supporting a proper coloring of points.

http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.r-project.r-help+xyplot+points++lwd

On the other hand this solution has possibly undesireable effects on the key symbols.

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> 
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Karl Ove Hufthammer <karl at huftis.org> wrote:
> 
>> Dear list members,
>> 
>> I can't figure out how get 'xyplot' or 'dotplot' in the 'lattice' package
>> to respect the 'lwd' value for specifying the border with for *symbols*
>> (for lines it works fine). Example:
>> 
>> -----
>> # Base graphics works fine (gives a 'fat‚ circle)
>> plot(5, cex=10, pch=21, lwd=10)
>> 
>> # But 'xyplot' or 'dotplot' doesn't
>> library(lattice)
>> xyplot(4:5~4:5, groups=4:5, par.settings = simpleTheme(cex=10, pch=21,
>> lwd=5),
>>        auto.key=TRUE)
>> -----
>> 
>> For 'xyplot' or 'dotplot' the border stays thin no matter what I set 'lwd'
>> to. However, the symbols shown in the *legend* has the 'lwd' correctly
>> applied.
>> 
>> How can I fix this? Or is it simply a bug in the 'lattice' package?
>> 
>> 
>> Karl Ove Hufthammer
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Output of 'sessionInfo()':
>> 
>> R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26)
>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>> 
>> locale:
>> [1] LC_COLLATE=Norwegian-Nynorsk_**Norway.1252
>> [2] LC_CTYPE=Norwegian-Nynorsk_**Norway.1252
>> [3] LC_MONETARY=Norwegian-Nynorsk_**Norway.1252
>> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C
>> [5] LC_TIME=Norwegian-Nynorsk_**Norway.1252
>> 
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>> 
>> other attached packages:
>> [1] lattice_0.20-13
>> 
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] grid_2.15.2  tools_2.15.2
>> 
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David Winsemius
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