[BioC] specifying hyperlinks on the plot

[A.J. Rossini]

>>>>> "vincent" == Vincent Carey <525-2265 <stvjc@channing.harvard.edu>> writes:

    >> is there a capability in R/bioconductor for specifying hyperlinks from a ,
    >> say, postscript or pdf plot. For instance, when I produce n by p image
    >> matrix with log2ratios and with all the clone names for the columns
    >> listed, is there a way to create a mark-up so that by clicking on a clone
    >> name to be taken to golden path (UCSC) info on the clone?

    vincent> the short answer is no.  a related question is why restrict to pdf
    vincent> or postscript?  for x11 graphics, the locator function can be used
    vincent> to get information about mouse position.

Restriction may be the wrong word, but the general idea is solid, I
think (i.e. mailing a hyperlinked PDF file to collaborators, for
example).

I think the general annotation problem (thinking along the lines of
Vince) would be worth looking at.

best,
-tony

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