R Observatory: Metrics for Gmisc version 3.4.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

Gmisc

3.4.0

Descriptive Statistics, Transition Plots, and More

2packages dependsuggested by 2

54.3Kdownloads / year

67.8%test coverage

8/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Max GordonCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Website ↗Issues ↗

Utilities for common medical-statistics graphics and tables, including automatic creation of publication-ready "Table 1" summaries; transition (Sankey) plots; flow-chart helpers that extend the grid package; Bézier lines and arrows; and a singular-value-decomposition- based variable-selection method.

Changes in 3.4.0

Added vertical_axis and horizontal_axis connector types for flowcharts. These opt-in connectors preserve the source box's x- or y-axis and project it onto the target boundary, giving true 90-degree vertical/horizontal arrows for shared wide or tall target boxes. Existing vertical and horizontal connector behavior is unchanged.
Added phaseLabel() for flowchart box lists: a one-call-per-stage helper that adds a CONSORT-style phase label (e.g. *Allocation*, *Follow-up*, *Analysis*) centred between a stage's arms, sitting slightly above it and drawn on top. The label width adapts to the stage — spanning the central gap (plus a small corner overlap) for two arms, or the full stage width as a banner for three or more arms — and can be set explicitly via width. It correctly handles nested arm lists (arms that are themselves lists of boxes) by resolving their merged bounding box.
Added on_top to insert() for flowchart box lists. A box inserted with insert(..., on_top = TRUE) is drawn on top of the other boxes and connections, regardless of its position in the list, and the marker is preserved through subsequent move()/align() operations. This is the lower-level overlay mechanism that phaseLabel() builds on.
insert() now resolves grouped (list) neighbours via their merged bounding box, so a box can be inserted between grouped stages without error.
Added a CONSORT phase-label example to the grid-based flowchart vignette showing phaseLabel() centred between randomisation arms.
Updated flowchart examples to emphasize the flowchart() + pipe (|>) style API in inst/examples/connectGrob_example.R, inst/examples/spreadBox_ex.R, and inst/examples/alignBox_ex.R.
Clarified spread/connect documentation to state that spread/align return updated objects (no in-place mutation) and that connectors should use the returned boxes.
Improved interactive example ergonomics by pausing between graph pages in multi-plot examples.
Added box_fn_args parameter to boxGrob() for passing extra arguments directly to the box drawing function. The default is now list(r = unit(5, "pt")), giving every box a fixed 5 pt corner radius (approximately equivalent to the widely-used 5 px CSS border-radius) regardless of box size — solving the issue where larger boxes had visibly rounder corners than smaller ones. Override per box or globally via options(boxGrobFnArgs = list(...)).
Added equalizeHeights() for flowchart box lists, mirroring the existing equalizeWidths(). It sets selected boxes to a shared height (defaulting to the tallest among the selection) and supports the same subelement path syntax as equalizeWidths().
Added exclude to spreadVertical()/spreadHorizontal() and the S3 spread() wrapper, allowing side branches to be left out of the main spread while preserving them in the flowchart list for later align(), move(), and connect() calls.
Improved spread() span handling: explicit from/to spans now work naturally with margin as an inset inside that span (for example spread(axis = "x", from = 0, to = 0.7, margin = 0.05) spreads within the left 70% of the viewport with padding), and subelement spreads can use deferred position() endpoints such as from = position("log", "top", "y").

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Added references to alignVertical()/alignHorizontal() and the S3 align() wrapper. Supplying two references aligns the target to their midpoint on the selected axis, useful for centering side boxes between the main boxes before and after them.
Clarified and tested moveBox()/move() justification semantics: for absolute moves, just = "right" makes x the right border, just = "left" makes x the left border, and the same edge-based interpretation applies vertically for top/bottom.
Added one-to-many grouped side fan-out support to the S3 connect() API for connect("source", "group", type = "side"). The shared fan-out bus now honors side_route = "outside" and side_offset before branching to the destination boxes, which keeps side-branch arrows away from the source box edge.
Added many-to-one grouped side fan-in to the S3 connect() API for connect(list("a", "b"), "target", type = "side"). The shared return bus now honors side/end_side and side_route/side_offset, routing to the requested outer side instead of letting each line independently pick the closest side of the target.
Fixed one-to-one connect(..., type = "side") connectors so they honor side_route/side_offset. The vertical segment now steps out from the source box edge by the offset (matching the grouped fan-in/fan-out behavior); previously the offset was ignored and the line hugged the box edge. Use side_route = "edge" to keep the old edge-hugging route.
Extended connector labels to grouped side fan-out connectors. label can now be used directly on a grouped type = "side" fan-out; the label is centered on the offset bus, drawn on the outgoing line, and uses a semi-transparent white background by default so the line remains visually legible.
Added and expanded alternate flowchart shape examples using boxEllipseGrob(), boxDatabaseGrob(), boxDocumentGrob(), boxDocumentsGrob(), boxDiamondGrob(), and boxTapeGrob() together with spread()/align() positioning.
Improved alternate shape helpers so non-rectangular shapes add appropriate text padding and expose visible bounds for connector anchoring. This keeps labels inside ellipse/database/document/tape shapes and lets connectors hit the visible shape edge instead of the surrounding viewport, and fan_in_top trunks now terminate exactly on the target's top edge.
Added position() with relative moves.
Added dotted arrows lines for flowcharts
Added regex selector for box lists

From NEWS.md in the release

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("Gmisc", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("gforge/Gmisc")

Development version from gforge/Gmisc. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-gmisc

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-Gmisc

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-Gmisc

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

5NOTE8OK

Check messages

NOTER code for possible problemsr-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc, r-devel-windows-x86_64

Found calls to structure() using deprecated special names:
  Gmisc/tests/testthat/test-bezier.R (.Names: 2)
  Gmisc/tests/testthat/test-getDescriptionStats.R (.Names: 2, .Dim: 1, .Dimnames: 1)
  Gmisc/tests/testthat/test-getDescriptionStats_missing_data.R (.Dim: 9, .Dimnames: 9, .Names: 9)
  Gmisc/tests/testthat/test-getDescriptionStats_p-values.R (.Names: 8, .Dim: 7, .Dimnames: 7)
'.Names' should be changed to 'names'.
'.Dim' should be changed to 'dim'.
'.Dimnames' should be changed to 'dimnames'.

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 5.9 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

NOTE8 OK, 5 NOTENow
NOTE10 OK, 3 NOTE2026-07-16
OK13 OK2026-06-09
ERROR12 OK, 1 ERROR2026-06-08
OK14 OK2026-04-22
ERROR13 OK, 1 ERROR2026-04-18

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OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 3.4.0

READMEYes · 269 wordsVignettesYes · 4 · dynamicNEWSYes · 100% structured · mentions 3.4.0Citation fileNoWebsiteYes

Help pages: 101 (31 internal)includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 98%45 run in a plain check · 1 never run
Exported functions with examples: 86%
Documented parameters: 89%
Return-value docs: 88%
Help pages citing references: 0%

Vignettes (4)

How these are measured

Downloads

54.3K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #1,837 · ~149/day · ~4.5K/mo

Releases R versions

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How downloads are counted

Repository

gforge/gmisc ↗Account: gforge

53Stars

14Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

2Releases

737Commits

13Commit identities

cranr

737 commits · Last activity 2026-07-03 · +1.9% stars, 30d

Responsiveness

How these are sampled

PRs merged (all time): 93%
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed issues: 1
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed PRs: 0

Stars over time

2025-03-05 · 512026-09-30 · 53

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

9 development-tooling and community-health practices detected across 6 families in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/gforge/gmisc on 2026-10-11.

Continuous integration (3)

GitHub ActionsR CMD check workflowTravis CI (config file)

The R CMD check workflow runs on Linux

Docs source (1)

README.Rmd

Coverage (1)

Coverage reporting

CRAN release process (1)

CRAN-SUBMISSION

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Lint, format, editor (2)

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Git structural (1)

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How this is detected·Detection ruleset v3 (2026-09-26)

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This repository shows signs of AI coding tools.

GitHub Copilotfirst seen 2026-01-17
Seen in the repository: .github/copilot-instructions.md
Pull request: opened by its own account
Claude Codefirst seen on or before 2026-06-10
Commits: at least 1 crediting it in the message

Models named in its commits

Claude Sonnet 4.61 commit · Jun 2026

Counts are commits, not lines of code. Commits by a tool's accounts count once across all of its accounts. Commits crediting it are the largest count among its credit lines, a minimum.How this is detected·Detection ruleset v4 (updated 2026-09-27)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

23 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing Gmisc adds 58 packages (30 with compiled code, 57 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: stringi 11 MB, ggplot2 6.0 MB, data.table 5.7 MB.

Depends (2)

R >= 4.1.0htmlTable

Imports (21)

Rcpp abind checkmate forestplot Hmisc gluegridgrDevicesgraphicsknitrlatticelubridate magrittrmethodsrlang rmarkdown stringrstatsXML yamlutils

LinkingTo (1)

Rcpp

Suggests (8)

bench vdiffrdatasetsdplyr jsonlite testthat tidyselect webshot2

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

2direct

0indirect

Depends 1 · Imports 1

Suggested by 2

Depends, Imports or LinkingTo, most downloaded first

Greg flowchart

Suggests, most downloaded first

forestplot SAMtool

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Max Gordon

Author, Maintainer since 0.6.0.1 (2014)

Releases (35)

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3.4.0Latest
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equalizeHeights, phaseLabel, position
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equalizeWidths
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MidDistanceX, MidDistanceY, align, append, boxHeaderGrob, connect, flowchart, insert, move, spread
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boxDatabaseGrob, boxDiamondGrob, boxDocumentGrob, boxDocumentsGrob, boxEllipseGrob, boxRackGrob, boxServerGrob, boxTapeGrob, database_box_fn, diamond_rounded_box_fn, diamond_sharp_box_fn, document_box_fn, documents_box_fn, ellipse_box_fn, labelConnector, rack_box_fn, server_box_fn, setConnectorLabels, tape_box_fn
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alignHorizontal, alignVertical, moveBox, spreadHorizontal, spreadVertical
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pathJoin, time2spanTxt, yamlDump
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boxGrob, boxPropGrob, connectGrob
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Package metadata

First published: 2014-02-02
Total releases: 35 / 12 yrs
License: GPL (>= 3) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.1.0
Download size: 1.8 MB

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Gordon, M. (2026). Gmisc: Descriptive Statistics, Transition Plots, and More (Version 3.4.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.Gmisc

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for Gmisc version 3.4.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-17. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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