Package vcd is built on grid, not base graphics.
On Mon, 15 May 2006, Viktor Tron wrote:
> Dear all,
> I wonder what's special about spinograms {vcd} that prevents me from
using
> it the way I do with other plots.
>
> I do:
>
>> spine(f.speaker.identity ~ x.log.lengthening,
>>
data=ms,breaks=45,gp=gpar(fill=c("red","green")),xlab="length
difference
>> (log ms)",ylab="speaker")
>> curve(0*x,add=T)
> Error in plot.xy(xy.coords(x, y), type = type, col = col, lty = lty, ...) :
> plot.new has not been called yet
>
>
> OK, if I do
>> curve(0*x,add=)
>> spine(f.speaker.identity ~ x.log.lengthening,
>>
data=ms,breaks=45,gp=gpar(fill=c("red","green")),xlab="length
difference
>> (log ms)",ylab="speaker")
>> curve(0*x,add=T)
>
> then the plot is what I want, but note that I had to use y=0 to get the
> line put at 0.5!!!! so it is already suspicious.
> But then:
>
>> dev.print(pdf,"mde_speakerration_by_lengthening.pdf")
> Error in dev.copy(device = function (file = ifelse(onefile,
"Rplots.pdf",
> :
> invalid graphics state
>
> Can anyone suggest a remedy?
Use grid primitives to add to the plot.
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