R help - Mar 2003 - Filling graphic objects

I have used polygon() to mark the confidence limits of a survival curve.
In another project, I have used the col parameter to fill my boxplots.

The poly() description refers to  filling but actually produces 
hatching (i.e. lines ).
boxplot() does truly fill the boxes with a colour or shades of grey 
(e.g. col="red").

My novices perception of R graphics is:
If you can hatch it, you cannot fill it.
If you can fill it you cannot hatch it.

Is this correct or is there  a way of hatching my boxplots and filling 
my polygons?

Paul

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, p.b.pynsent wrote:
> I have used polygon() to mark the confidence limits of a survival curve.
> In another project, I have used the col parameter to fill my boxplots.
> 
> The poly() description refers to  filling but actually produces 
Did you mean polygon()?
> hatching (i.e. lines ).
> boxplot() does truly fill the boxes with a colour or shades of grey 
> (e.g. col="red").
> 
> My novices perception of R graphics is:
> If you can hatch it, you cannot fill it.
> If you can fill it you cannot hatch it.
> 
> Is this correct or is there  a way of hatching my boxplots and filling 
> my polygons?
You can fill polygons or rectangles (rect()) by giving `col' and not
giving `density'.

You cannot AFAICS hatch boxplots using the existing code: they are
conventionally not filled or filled in light grey.

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