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  | doInstall <- TRUE | |
| toInstall <- c("ggplot2") | |
| if(doInstall){install.packages(toInstall, repos = "http://cran.us.r-project.org")} | |
| lapply(toInstall, library, character.only = TRUE) | |
| # Make some random data: | |
| randPoints <- data.frame(x = runif(1000), y = runif(1000)) | |
| randPoints$color <- hsv(runif(1000), runif(1000), runif(1000)) | |
| zp1 <- ggplot(randPoints, | |
| aes(x = x, y = y, colour = color)) | |
| zp1 <- zp1 + geom_point(size = 30) | |
| zp1 <- zp1 + scale_color_identity() | |
| print(zp1) | |
| # Make some labels: | |
| labelFrame <- randPoints[1:10, ] | |
| zp2 <- zp1 + geom_text(data = labelFrame, | |
| aes(x = x, y = y, label = color), | |
| colour = "black") | |
| print(zp2) | |
| epsilonX <- diff(ggplot_build(zp1)$panel$ranges[[1]]$x.range) / 500 | |
| epsilonY <- diff(ggplot_build(zp1)$panel$ranges[[1]]$y.range) / 500 | |
| zp3 <- zp1 + geom_text(data = labelFrame, | |
| aes(x = x+epsilonX, y = y, label = color), | |
| colour = "white", fontface = "bold") | |
| zp3 <- zp3 + geom_text(data = labelFrame, | |
| aes(x = x-epsilonX, y = y, label = color), | |
| colour = "white", fontface = "bold") | |
| zp3 <- zp3 + geom_text(data = labelFrame, | |
| aes(x = x, y = y+epsilonY, label = color), | |
| colour = "white", fontface = "bold") | |
| zp3 <- zp3 + geom_text(data = labelFrame, | |
| aes(x = x, y = y-epsilonY, label = color), | |
| colour = "white", fontface = "bold") | |
| zp3 <- zp3 + geom_text(data = labelFrame, | |
| aes(x = x, y = y, label = color), | |
| colour = "black") | |
| print(zp3) | 
  
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