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\name{Grid}
\alias{Grid}
\title{Grid Graphics}
\description{
General information about the grid graphics package.
}
\details{
Grid graphics provides an alternative to the standard R graphics.
The user is able to define arbitrary rectangular regions (called
\emph{viewports}) on the graphics device and define a number of
coordinate systems for each region. Drawing can be specified to occur
in any viewport using any of the available coordinate systems.
Grid graphics and standard R graphics do not mix!
Type \code{library(help = grid)} to see a list of (public)
Grid graphics functions.
}
\author{Paul Murrell}
\seealso{
\code{\link{viewport}},
\code{\link{grid.layout}}, and
\code{\link{unit}}.
}
\examples{
## Diagram of a simple layout
grid.show.layout(grid.layout(4,2,
heights=unit(rep(1, 4),
c("lines", "lines", "lines", "null")),
widths=unit(c(1, 1), "inches")))
## Diagram of a sample viewport
grid.show.viewport(viewport(x=0.6, y=0.6,
w=unit(1, "inches"), h=unit(1, "inches")))
## A flash plotting example
grid.multipanel(vp=viewport(0.5, 0.5, 0.8, 0.8))
}
\keyword{dplot}