On 4/5/07, Martin Maechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>> "hadley" == hadley wickham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>> on Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:43:41 -0500 writes:
>
> hadley> Hi, I'm trying to track down any references for the
> hadley> implementation of pretty (or grid.pretty) in R. Is
> hadley> it original work?
>
> Much of it is. The original version, say R version 0.01, may
> have been based on some reference, but we have added quite a few extra tweaks,
> where in my case I sat down with a piece of paper, considered
> and transformed some inequalities and also did computer
> experiments additionally.
> I've even started to make more coherent notes eventually, but
> not electronically, and hence no tech.report / publication / ...
>
> { Did you really want to know this :-) }
Yes - that's great! And if you ever do put you notes in electronic
format I'd love to see them. There's very little written on the
subject of choosing good tick marks.
Hadley
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