photobiology 0.10.3

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Package documentation web site at: https://docs.r4photobiology.info/photobiology/

This release was triggered by problems detected by new tighter CRAN checks in what will become R (4.1.0). Better quality checks are a good thing! A few unrelated enhancements are also included.

Changes from version 0.10.2 the most recent CRAN release, are:

New

  • Implement Fresnel’s formulae for computation of reflectance of a plane interface from relative refractive index.
  • Implement Fraunhofer’s formulae for computation of diffraction in a single slit and diffraction plus interference in a double slit.
  • Enhance as_tod() and implement format() and print() methods for time-of-day.
  • Update tag() methods to use, when possible, precomputed color definitions to improve performance.

Fixed

  • Handle gracefully bad data input in normalised_diff_ind().
  • Remove bad class exports from NAMESPACE.

Compatibility

  • New features of ‘dplyr’ (>= 1.0.0) are used, so this new version is required.

NOTE: The updated package is on its way to CRAN.

Please raise issues concerning bugs or enhancements to this package through Bitbucket https://bitbucket.org/aphalo/photobiology/issues

ggpmisc 0.3.5

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This version (0.3.5) adds to geom_table() support for table themes compatible with gridExtra::ttheme_default(). The default table-theme can be changed with function ttheme_set() and several new ttheme constructors are also available as well as support for user defined theme constructors and themes. Changes affect the rendering of tables, and add flexibility to the handling of mapped aesthetics in geom_table(). 

Note: The default theme for tables in version 0.3.5 uses slightly less padding than in previous versions, and this padding is now proportional to the text’s size instead of fixed. This will not break old code but can slightly change how tables look.

The plots below make use of two of the new table theme constructors. The second plot also uses ggplot2’s theme_dark().

Note: If the full flexibility of ‘gridExtra’ and ‘grid’ are needed for a table, the table can be constructed directly with these packages and added as an inset using geom_grob().

Acknowlegement: This update was encouraged by a recent question at stackoverflow. The tag [ggpmisc] is in use at stackoverflow for questions related to this package.

Documentation web site at http://docs.r4photobiology.info/ggpmisc/ includes all help pages, with output from all examples, and vignettes in HTML format.

NOTE: The new version of the package is on its way to CRAN.

Please raise issues concerning bugs or enhancements to this package through Bitbucket https://bitbucket.org/aphalo/ggpmisc/issues.

photobiologyFilters 0.5.1

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Package documentation web site at: https://docs.r4photobiology.info/photobiologyFilters/

The main changes from version 0.5.0, the current CRAN version, released 10 months ago are:

New

  • Add filter.properties metadata when available, supporting convertTfrType() and convertThickness() functions available in ‘photobiology’ (>= 0.10.2).
  • Add data for Heliopan UVIR-cut “Digital” filter.
  • Add data for Fotga UV IR CUT filter.
  • Add refractive_index.mspct with spectral data for 15 materials.
  • Revise the User Guide.

Fixed

  • Correct wrong spelling of Tangsinuo Technologies in two filters’ names and documentation.

NOTE: The updated package is on its way to CRAN.

Please raise issues concerning bugs or enhancements to this package through Bitbucket at https://bitbucket.org/aphalo/photobiologyfilters/issues

photobiologyWavebands 0.4.4

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Package documentation web site at: https://docs.r4photobiology.info/photobiologyWavebands/

The main changes from version 0.4.3 the previous CRAN release, are:

New

  • NDVI() for computing the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index from spectral transmitance.

Fixed

  • Avoid warnings during building of vignettes, caused by changes to the options recognized by ‘roxygen2’.
  • Update URLs to secure ones if available.

NOTE: The updated package is on its way to CRAN.

Please raise issues concerning bugs or enhancements to this package through Bitbucket at https://bitbucket.org/aphalo/photobiologywavebands/issues