geom-path-line.r

#' Connect observations, ordered by x value.
#'
#' @seealso \code{\link{geom_path}}: connect observations in data order, 
#'  \code{\link{geom_segment}}: draw line segments,
#'  \code{\link{geom_ribbon}}: fill between line and x-axis
#' @export
#' @examples
#' # Summarise number of movie ratings by year of movie
#' mry <- do.call(rbind, by(movies, round(movies$rating), function(df) { 
#'   nums <- tapply(df$length, df$year, length)
#'   data.frame(rating=round(df$rating[1]), year = as.numeric(names(nums)), number=as.vector(nums))
#' }))
#' 
#' p <- ggplot(mry, aes(x=year, y=number, group=rating))
#' p + geom_line()
#' 
#' # Add aesthetic mappings
#' p + geom_line(aes(size = rating))
#' p + geom_line(aes(colour = rating))
#' 
#' # Change scale
#' p + geom_line(aes(colour = rating)) + scale_colour_gradient(low="red")
#' p + geom_line(aes(size = rating)) + scale_size(range = c(0.1, 3))
#' 
#' # Set aesthetics to fixed value
#' p + geom_line(colour = "red", size = 1)
#' 
#' # Use qplot instead
#' qplot(year, number, data=mry, group=rating, geom="line")
#' 
#' # Using a time series
#' qplot(date, pop, data=economics, geom="line")
#' qplot(date, pop, data=economics, geom="line", log="y")
#' qplot(date, pop, data=subset(economics, date > as.Date("2006-1-1")), geom="line")
#' qplot(date, pop, data=economics, size=unemploy/pop, geom="line")
#' 
#' # Use the arrow parameter to add an arrow to the line
#' # See ?grid::arrow for more details
#' c <- ggplot(economics, aes(x = date, y = pop)) 
#' # Arrow defaults to "last"
#' c + geom_line(arrow = arrow())
#' c + geom_line(arrow = arrow(angle = 15, ends = "both", type = "closed"))
#'
#' # See scale_date for examples of plotting multiple times series on
#' # a single graph
#' 
#' # A simple pcp example
#' 
#' y2005 <- runif(300, 20, 120)
#' y2010 <- y2005 * runif(300, -1.05, 1.5)
#' group <- rep(LETTERS[1:3], each = 100)
#' 
#' df <- data.frame(id = seq_along(group), group, y2005, y2010)
#' library(reshape2)
#' dfm <- melt(df, id.var = c("id", "group"))
#' ggplot(dfm, aes(variable, value, group = id, colour = group)) + 
#'   geom_path(alpha = 0.5)
geom_line <- function (mapping = NULL, data = NULL, stat = "identity", position = "identity", ...) { 
  GeomLine$new(mapping = mapping, data = data, stat = stat, position = position, ...)
}

GeomLine <- proto(GeomPath, {
  objname <- "line"

  icon <- function(.) {
    pos <- seq(0, 1, length=5)
    linesGrob(pos, c(0.2, 0.7, 0.4, 0.8, 0.3))
  }
  
  draw <- function(., data, scales, coordinates, arrow = NULL, ...) {
    data <- data[order(data$group, data$x), ]
    GeomPath$draw(data, scales, coordinates, arrow, ...)
  }
  
  default_stat <- function(.) StatIdentity
  
})