The example I used earlier came from
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-R.html
Here it is again for reference:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+name: r-with-ggplot2
#+begin_src R :results output graphics :var tbl=foo :file r/foo-output.png
:width 400 :height 300
library(ggplot2)
res <- ggplot(tbl, aes(a_foo_var))
res + geom_histogram(aes(y=..density..)) +
geom_density(weight=2) + xlab("A foo variable")
#+end_src
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Just to be clear, my R knowledge is less than \epsilon.
I was trying to get this to work and I had a few problems:
o It uses a table named "foo" as input, which does not appear on the
page at all. So I added a stupid table of my own. The only trouble is
I'm not sure what the code does with it.
o It uses the ggplot2 library (and the earlier examples use the ascii
library) which I didn't have on my system. I was trying to find a
package on Ubuntu to get these, but I couldn't. I finally stumbled
across the R way of installing libraries:
> install.packages("ggplot2")
at the R prompt.
o Then R complained about a_foo_var:
+ Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : object 'a_foo_var' not found
So I just added a dummy a_foo_var <- 3 into the block to get it going,
but again, I have no idea what the code does with it.
o Finally, there is no graphic output on the page that I could compare
with what I got and no explanatory description. I *could* go and learn
some R and be a better person for it too, but I just wanted a little
taste and this example was a bit too troublesome for me.
Could somebody knowledgeable in R fix the example and perhaps provide
some explanatory comments? Or provide suitable handholding? Given the
latter, I'd be happy to make the changes necessary. Or perhaps this is
not the best example for that page and a simpler example could be given
instead?
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Nick
