Picture-class            package:grImport            R Documentation

_C_l_a_s_s "_P_i_c_t_u_r_e"

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A collection of paths (polylines or polygons) that together
     describe a picture.

_O_b_j_e_c_t_s _f_r_o_m _t_h_e _C_l_a_s_s:

     Objects can be created by calls of the form 'new("Picture", ...)'.
     ~~ describe objects here ~~

_S_l_o_t_s:

     '_p_a_t_h_s': A list of objects of class '"PictureStroke"' (polylines)
          or '"PictureFill"' (polygons).

     '_s_u_m_m_a_r_y': Object of class '"PictureSummary"' 

_M_e_t_h_o_d_s:

     [ 'signature(x = "Picture")': subset the paths of a picture to
          produce a new picture (includeing a new, updated summary). 

     _g_r_o_b_i_f_y 'signature(object = "Picture")': convert a picture into  a
          grid grob (for use as a one-off image). 

     _s_y_m_b_o_l_i_z_e 'signature(object = "Picture")': convert a picture into
          a grid grob (for use as a plotting symbol). 

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Paul Murrell

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'readPicture', 'grid.picture', 'grid.symbols' and 
     'PictureStroke-class' 'PictureFill-class' 'PictureSummary-class'.

