unikn 0.7.0

This release of unikn (v0.7.0) adds and improves functionality and fixes some bugs. [2022-11-10]

Changes since last release:

Major changes

• Add color palettes of additional institutions (evaluate seecol("add") for palettes).
• Add a type = 'curve' option to demopal() for evaluating transparent color palettes.

Minor changes

• Improve demopal() function:

  • Align point colors for type = "scatter" to those of other options.
  • Increase robustness by allowing alternative type inputs.
  • Pass ... to auxiliary functions.

• Improve newpal() function:

  • Enforce return of vectors when as_df = FALSE.
  • Revise names to enable automatic naming and non-named palettes.

• Bug fixes:

  • Handle length(pal) == 1 case for all types of demopal().
  • Handle alpha = NA case in demopal().
  • Handle pal = NA case in seecol() and usecol().

Details

• Call for contributions of user-generated color palettes from other institutions (see GitHub issue).
• Fine-tune parameters of plotting HEX values with seecol().
• Reorganize files of utility functions.
• Add Zenodo doi 10.5281/zenodo.7096191 for citations.
• Revise and update vignettes.

The current development version of unikn is available at https://github.com/hneth/unikn/.