gtExtras sparkline

[jthomasmock]

Hi @ddsjoberg - I realize that I forgot to tell you that gtExtras::gt_plt_dist() exists and will likely be the replacement for the more general gt_sparkline() function.

See: https://jthomasmock.github.io/gtExtras/reference/gt_plt_dist.html

Specifically for your use, when I move to CRAN, I'll likely be removing gt_sparkline() in favor of:

• gt_plt_sparkline() - used only for a literal line graph with variants of how it is presented (add shading below the line, add median line, add mean reference line, or a final value reference line) along with tight control of the line/point/text colors
• gt_plt_dist() - used for inline distribution plots (boxplot, histogram, rugstrip, density), ie no line chart

To an extent, you should be able to replace gt_sparkline() with gt_plt_dist() but wanted to note the difference, deprecation, and open conversation before I removed the code.

webshot2 is on CRAN now (🚀 ) so I am inching closer to an initial CRAN release of gtEtxras.

[ddsjoberg]

Thank you for the heads up!

I can go ahead and update my code to use the gt_plt_*() functions now, right?

Once gtExtras is on CRAN, i'll also update the DESCRIPTION file to depend on CRAN instead of GH.

[jthomasmock]

I can go ahead and update my code to use the gt_plt_*() functions now, right?

Once gtExtras is on CRAN, i'll also update the DESCRIPTION file to depend on CRAN instead of GH.

Yes, the gt_plt_dist() and gt_plt_sparkline() have been around for a bit, I just forgot to give you a heads up!

Let me know if you run into any testing failures from the switch, but they should be drop-in replacements (just splitting out the sparkline "lines" vs inline distributions graph types)

[jthomasmock]

Thanks! I'm going to go ahead and remove gt_sparkline() from the package.