cmapplot 1.2.3

What's Changed

• new dummy data, geom_recessions() update, geom_text_lastonly_repel() formalized with docs by @sean-connelly-cmap
• update to R 4.5, graphics backend for Positron fix by @itendswells in #163

New Contributors

• @itendswells made their first contribution in #163

Full Changelog: v1.2.1...v1.2.3

cmapplot 1.2.1

This release updates the cmap_race_palette functions to only show race and ethnicity categories that are present in the data. It also makes under-the-hood changes to GitHub actions which will not have an impact on the end user.

Backward compatibility notes

This update should not introduce any backward compatibility issues.

cmapplot 1.2.0

This is version-level update that includes many fixes and new features and introduces new dependencies, most significantly requiring RStudio 1.4 or greater.

New features

• cmapplot now utilizes the new systemfonts package for custom font rendering, rather than sysfonts on Windows and X11fonts on Mac and other Unix-based machines. In addition, raster exports from finalize_plot now rely on the new raster drawing package ragg. These changes improve font accuracy and consistency across platforms. Note that this improvement does not yet extend to svg outputs, but may in the future (#134).
• When an axis breaks are 4-digit years, new function abbr_years allows the conversion of specific years to 2-digit abbreviations, as is common on some designed CMAP graphics.
• cmapplot_globals, which contains key package constants, is now an internal environment rather than an exported list. It can be accessed via new functions get_cmapplot_globals and get_cmapplot_global. Constants can now be overridden by the user for the current session by using set_cmapplot_global. Note that this does not yet apply to geom aesthetics set by the package, but may in the future (issue #117).
• All palettes programmed into the package have been moved into a tibble at cmapplot_globals$palettes. A new function fetch_pal can be used to get details about any specific palette.

Bug fixes

• Continuous color gradients can now be used on discrete color scales. E.g. cmap_color_discrete and cmap_fill_discrete can now call gradients as well as discrete palettes (see #70 and #119)
• Nomenclature in help files (e.g. "palette" vs "scale") has been adjusted for clarity.
• internal table recessions has been updated to include the business cycle contraction that began in Feb 202 (no end date for this cycle yet).
• geom_recessions and related update_recessions have been updated to allow for ongoing recessions, improve NBER source for recessions table, and decrease likelihood of data fetch errors.

Backend changes

• pkgdown site now correctly displays Whitney fonts and margin description images
• backend script reorganization
• improvements to pkgdown build github action, including ability to publish a test site

Backward compatibility notes

• This package will now only render Whitney Fonts in RStudio when RStudio version >= 1.4
• finalize_plot's window mode has been disabled for now, due to inability to use ragg drivers in independent window devices. Use mode = "plot" and click the "Zoom" button in the plot window instead.
• cmapplot_globals, the exported list of package constants, has been removed (See new features set_cmapplot_global etc)
• Color lists cmap_palettes and cmap_gradients have been removed (This information has been moved to cmapplot_globals$palettes. To access palette colors directly, use, say fetch_pal("reds") rather than cmap_gradients$reds.
• viz_palette and viz_gradient now take as a first argument either the name of a palette (e.g. "reds") or the color palette itself (e.g. fetch_pal("reds")). viz_palette(cmap_gradient$reds) no longer works.
• integer_breaks removed from package

cmapplot 1.1.0

This pair of updates primarily makes many changes to finalize_plot() to enable printing plots without the left-hand "sidebar" -- the area that contains the title and the caption. Most but not all changes are under the hood and should not impact the user. Those that will impact the user include:

• There is a new argument, inherit, that allows the user to specify whether cmapplot should attempt to inherit titles and/or captions from the underlying ggplot object.
• The argument title_width has been renamed sidebar_width to better reflect its function.
• Setting sidebar_width = 0 now has the effect of shifting the title above the topline and shifting the caption from the title column to directly below the plot. If the user does not want a title on the vertical layout graphic, this can be achieved by leaving title = "", the default, and (if relevant) specifying that finalize_plot() should not attempt to inherit a title from the underlying ggplot object.
• There is a new argument, caption_align, which takes numeric range 0 to 1. 0, the default, aligns the caption bottom or left (in title-column and below-plot captions, respectively). 1 aligns the caption top or right. 0.5 centers. The argument caption_valign has been deprecated.
• The value margin_title_l has been replaced with margin_sidebar_l, which only affects horizontal layout graphics. The margin for titles and captions in the vertical layout is based on margin_plot_l.
• Separately, this version also creates this NEWS.md file for the pkgdown website.

Under-the-hood changes to finalize_plot() are documented in PR #111, specifically here.

Backward compatibility notes

Users who have written code with previous versions of cmapplot should note these known compatibility issues:

• In finalize_plot(), the argument caption_valign has been deprecated and will now issue a message alert (but will still work, for now). Please update your code to use the new argument caption_align.
• In finalize_plot(), the argument title_width has been deprecated and will now issue a message alert (but will still work, for now). Please update your code to use the new argument sidebar_width.
• Any overrides using the deprecated value margin_title_l will no longer have any affect. Use margin_sidebar_l instead.

cmapplot 1.0.4

• The ggplot2 geom geom_label is now added to the list of geoms for which text aesthetics are automatically updated to CMAP style (ie to Whitney fonts). Previously, only geom_text and the custom geom_text_last were available in CMAP style.

cmapplot 1.0.3

• Modified finalize_plot() to accept title_width = 0 without causing a fuss. This is a short-term fix, with more improvements coming.
• In cmapplot_globals$consts, eliminated margin_title_r, which created space between the title/caption and plotbox inside the title column. Replaced it with margin_plot_l, which creates the same buffer but does so in the plot column, not the title column. This was necessary to keep an active left-hand margin in situations where title_width = 0.

Backward compatibility notes

Users who have written code with previous versions of cmapplot should note these known compatibility issues:

• margin_title_r no longer exists. Code that overrides this in finalize_plot() should not error, but will also have no effect on your plot. Change to margin_plot_l.
• Titles and captions will be a bit wider (the width of the title and caption grobs are no longer modified by margin_title_r).
• Plots will be a bit narrower (the width of the plotbox is now modified by margin_plot_l).

cmapplot 1.0.2

• Fixed bug where custom color functions (e.g. cmap_fill_continuous() etc) did not allow for passing other arguments on to ggplot2's scale functions (see issue #102).

cmapplot 1.0.1

• Improvement of tickmark handling via addition of axisticks argument in theme_cmap() and new length_ticks default value in cmapplot_globals$consts.
• Substantial backend simplification of how theme_cmap() generates theme objects (not of substantial significance to users).

cmapplot 1.0.0

Initial package release!