\HeaderA{flowViz.par.get}{Query and set session-wide graphical parameter defaults.}{flowViz.par.get}
\aliasA{flowViz.par.set}{flowViz.par.get}{flowViz.par.set}
\begin{Description}\relax
\code{flowViz.par.get} is the equivalent to
\code{\LinkA{trellis.par.get}{trellis.par.get}}. It queries the session wide
defaults for all \code{lattice} and \code{flowViz} graphical
parameters.

\code{flowViz.par.set} is the equivalent to
\code{\LinkA{trellis.par.set}{trellis.par.set}}. It sets the same set of
graphical parameters, either in the \code{flowViz} package or directly
in \code{lattice}.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}

flowViz.par.get(name = NULL)

flowViz.par.set(name, value, ..., theme, warn = TRUE, strict = FALSE)

\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{name}] The name of a parameter category to set. 
\item[\code{value}] A named list of values to set for category \code{name}
or a list of such lists if \code{name} is missing.  
\item[\code{...}] Further arguments that get passed on. 
\item[\code{theme}] The theme to set. See
\code{\LinkA{trellis.par.set}{trellis.par.set}} for details. 
\item[\code{warn}] This gets passed on directly to \code{trellis.par.set}. 
\item[\code{strict}] This gets passed on directly to \code{trellis.par.set}. 
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Details}\relax
Getting and setting graphical parameters in \code{flowViz} follows
exactly the mechanism of the \code{lattice} package. For all purpose
and intentions, \code{flowViz.par.get} and \code{flowViz.par.get} can
be viewed as wrappers around their \code{lattice} counterparts
\code{\LinkA{trellis.par.get}{trellis.par.get}} and
\code{\LinkA{trellis.par.set}{trellis.par.set}} and you should consult their
documentation for further details.

We introduce three new categories of graphical parameters that are
relevant for \code{flowViz} plots:

\item[gate] Controls the appearance of gate boundaries in
\code{xyplots} (if \code{smooth=TRUE}) or of the points within a gate
region (\code{smooth=FALSE}).  Available parameters are \code{col},
\code{cex},\code{pch},\code{alpha},\code{lwd},\code{lty} and
\code{fill}. 

\item[gate.density] Controls the appearance of gate boundaries in
\code{densityplots}.  Available parameters are \code{col},
\code{alpha},\code{lwd},\code{lty} and \code{fill}. 

\item[flow.symbol] Controls the appearance of 'regular' points in a
\code{flowViz} plot.  Available parameters are \code{col},
\code{cex},\code{pch},\code{alpha} and \code{fill}. 

\item[gate.text] Controls the appearance of the text used for gate
names.  Available parameters are \code{col},
\code{cex},\code{font},\code{alpha} and \code{lineheight}. 
\end{Details}
\begin{Value}
\code{flowViz.par.get} returns a list of graphical parameter
defaults, if \code{name} is not empty, only for this particular
category. For an empty \code{name} argument, the function returns all
parameter defaults, including the ones specified in the lattice
package.

\code{flowViz.par.set} is called for its side-effects of setting
default parameters.
\end{Value}
\begin{Note}\relax
Because parameter settings in \code{lattice} are device-dependent,
\code{flowViz.par.get} will open a (default) device none is open at the
time of the query.
\end{Note}
\begin{Author}\relax
F. Hahne
\end{Author}
\begin{References}\relax
Lattice, Multivariate Data Visualization with R.

Deepayan Sarkar

Springer, New York, 2008
\end{References}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\LinkA{trellis.par.get}{trellis.par.get}} and
\code{\LinkA{trellis.par.set}{trellis.par.set}}
\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}

## Return all available parameters, including lattice ones
flowViz.par.get()

## Set the font for gate names 
flowViz.par.set("gate.text", list(font=2))

## Query only the gate.text category
flowViz.par.get("gate.text")

## Set a lattice parameter
plot.symbol <- trellis.par.get("plot.symbol")
flowViz.par.set("plot.symbol", list(col="red"))
trellis.par.get("plot.symbol")

## undo all settings
flowViz.par.set(list(plot.symbol=plot.symbol, gate.text=list(font=1)))

\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

