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DRL / blobtools

Modular command-line solution for visualisation, quality control and taxonomic partitioning of genome datasets
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Feature request: Access to ggplot2 R object #67

Closed fennerm closed 6 years ago

fennerm commented 6 years ago

It would be nice if blobtools plot and blobtools covplot had flags which allowed the user to access the underlying R plot objects so that they could be further edited. E.g in order to add lines which show filter criteria, or to hide certain groups without having to filter the bam file.

This would be fairly easy to achieve by just outputting an Rds file, I'd be happy to implement in a pull request if you're game.

DRL commented 6 years ago

Hi fennerm,

BlobTools is written in Python and afaik there is no easy way of turning Python matplotlib objects into R objects...

However, hiding of certain groups can easily be achieved using the --exclude flag. And regarding subsequent editing of the plot, I usually edit PDFs using Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator.

Hope that helps.

cheers,

dom