R: Stroke or Fill a Path

grid.stroke {grid}

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Stroke or Fill a Path

Description

These functions stroke (draw a line along the border) or fill (or both) a path, where the path is defined by a grob.

Usage

strokeGrob(x, ...)
## S3 method for class 'grob'
strokeGrob(x, name=NULL, gp=gpar(), vp=NULL, ...)
## S3 method for class 'GridPath'
strokeGrob(x, name=NULL, vp=NULL, ...)
grid.stroke(...)
fillGrob(x, ...)
## S3 method for class 'grob'
fillGrob(x, rule=c("winding", "evenodd"),
         name=NULL, gp=gpar(), vp=NULL, ...)
## S3 method for class 'GridPath'
fillGrob(x, name=NULL, vp=NULL, ...)
grid.fill(...)
fillStrokeGrob(x, ...)
## S3 method for class 'grob'
fillStrokeGrob(x, rule=c("winding", "evenodd"),
               name=NULL, gp=gpar(), vp=NULL, ...)
## S3 method for class 'GridPath'
fillStrokeGrob(x, name=NULL, vp=NULL, ...)
grid.fillStroke(...)
as.path(x, gp=gpar(), rule=c("winding", "evenodd"))

Arguments

`x`	A grob or the result of a call to `as.path()`.
`rule`	A fill rule.
`name`	A character identifier.
`gp`	An object of class `"gpar"`, typically the output from a call to the function `gpar`. This is basically a list of graphical parameter settings.
`vp`	A Grid viewport object (or NULL).
`...`	Arguments to `grid.()` passed on to `Grob()`, or additional arguments passed on to methods.

Details

A path is defined by the shapes that the grob given in x would draw. The grob only contributes to the outline of the path; graphical parameter settings such as line colour and fill are ignored.

grid.stroke() will only ever draw the border (even when a fill is specified).

grid.fill() will only ever fill the path (even when a line colour is specified).

A stroke will only ever happen if a non-transparent line colour is specified and a fill will only ever happen if a non-transparent fill is specified.

as.path() allows graphical parameter settings and a fill rule to be associated with a grob. This can be useful when specifying a clipping path for a viewport (see viewport).

Not all graphics devices support these functions: for example xfig and pictex do not.

Value

A grob object.

Author(s)

Paul Murrell

Examples

## NOTE: on devices without support for stroking and filling
##       nothing will be drawn
grid.newpage()
grid.stroke(textGrob("hello", gp=gpar(cex=10)))
grid.fill(circleGrob(1:2/3, r=.3), gp=gpar(fill=rgb(1,0,0,.5)))

[Package grid version 4.4.1 Index]