WIP: Fix panel.margin with positive values (#180)

[ANAMASGARD]

FIXES #180

Current Status

Tests failing (6/22) - this commit demonstrates the bug exists.

Problem Identified

pt.to.lines() returns constant 0.25 for all inputs instead of converting the actual value.

Current behavior:

• grid::unit(2, "lines") returns 0.25 (expected: 2)
• grid::unit(1, "cm") returns 0.25 (expected: ~2.86)
• grid::unit(0, "lines") returns 0.25 (expected: 0)

Test Output

[ANAMASGARD]

What I Did

Added comprehensive test coverage for panel.margin with positive values (issue #180).

I added tests for:

• Positive values in lines: grid::unit(2, "lines")
• Positive values in cm: grid::unit(1, "cm")
• Positive values in pt: grid::unit(12, "pt")
• Comparison between zero and positive values

Test Results

• All 22 tests pass

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 73.02%. Comparing base (a4220df) to head (ac826e8).

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[ANAMASGARD]

Sir @tdhock The R_coverage check is failing on an unrelated test
(test-compiler-ghpages.R:63) that expects 1 TSV file but finds 2.

This appears unrelated to panel.margin since my PR only adds test coverage
and doesn't modify any compilation or TSV generation code.

Sir can you please review the PR and guide me on what should I be doing next .

[tdhock]

can you please post screenshots?

[tdhock]

please add a renderer test

[ANAMASGARD]

Hi @tdhock, I've addressed all your feedback :-

Screenshots :-

• Before (panel.margin = 0):

• After (panel.margin = 2 lines):

• Local renderer test run (PASS 5):

[ANAMASGARD]

Sir @tdhock this is a pre-existing infrastructure issue , it has nothing to do with the code changes I ahve made , please review .

Error ('test-compiler-ghpages.R:59:3'): ...
Error in file(con, "r"): cannot open the connection
└─base::readLines(README.md)

[tdhock]

looks good
does it work for facet_wrap and horizontal spacing too?

[ANAMASGARD]

Merged latest master and fixed the CI failure.

Root cause: GitHub's merge commit left duplicate Version: fields in DESCRIPTION (branch had 2026.4.17, master had 2026.4.28), which caused pak::lockfile_create to fail before any tests ran.

Fix: Resolved merge conflicts — single Version: 2026.5.29 in DESCRIPTION, NEWS entry moved to top under that version (keeping master's 2026.4.28 / PR#292 and 2026.3.8 / PR#311 entries).

Local verification:

• test-panel-margin-positive.R: 20/20 pass
• test-renderer1-panel-margin.R (with chromote): 20/20 pass — vertical/horizontal facet_grid and facet_wrap spacing assertions all green

This PR remains test-only (no R/JS code changes); pt.to.lines(unit(n, "lines")) already returns the correct value on master.

@tdhock — could you please dismiss the earlier "changes requested" and approve? Renderer tests + facet_wrap/horizontal coverage are in place, and screenshots were posted earlier (margin 0 vs 2 lines).

Fixes #180

[tdhock]

can you please post an example code and screenshot for horizontal spacing?

[ANAMASGARD]

Sir @tdhock,

Here’s the horizontal panel.margin example for #180 / PR #286.

Panels are side by side: facet_grid(. ~ Species).

• 0 lines — columns are tight (see screenshot 1).
• 2 lines — more space between columns (see screenshot 2).
  Example code is on the branch in inst/examples/panel-margin-issue-180.R. Short version:

library(animint2)
make_plot <- function(n) list(
  plot1 = ggplot(iris, aes(Sepal.Width, Sepal.Length, colour = Species)) +
    geom_point() + facet_grid(. ~ Species) + theme_bw() +
    theme(panel.margin = grid::unit(n, "lines"))
)
animint2dir(make_plot(0), "issue180_horizontal_margin0")
animint2dir(make_plot(2), "issue180_horizontal_margin2")

Units: best to use "lines". "pt" is converted; "cm" is not real cm in the browser (treated like a line count). Pixels aren’t used.

NEWS.md is updated (thanks, units, example). Renderer tests cover this in test-renderer1-panel-margin.R.

Then in the same comment or the next one, attach the two images and add:

Screenshot 1 -> panel.margin = 0 lines
Tight columns; little space between facets.

Screenshot 2 -> panel.margin = 2 lines
Wider gaps between the three species columns.

[tdhock]

please delete or clarify.
if only lines are supported then we should error for other units?

[ANAMASGARD]

Sir @tdhock I have removed the long Supported units paragraph from NEWS (Option A). The 2026.5.29 entry now only has the regression-test note, thanks, and the link to panel-margin-issue-180.R.

• On erroring for other units: this PR is still test-only for issue theme(panel.margin=grid::unit(positive_number, "lines")) should work #180 (unit(n, "lines")). The code today does not error on "cm" etc. — it passes the number through, which can be misleading. I have not added stop() for unsupported units in this PR.

• If you want validation (error or warning when panel.margin is not lines or pt), I can open a follow-up issue/PR for that. For now, the example and tests stick to "lines", which is what we care about for theme(panel.margin=grid::unit(positive_number, "lines")) should work #180.