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ggplot2 Quick linejoin

Note that linejoin is a parameter to certain (but not all) geoms that draw lines, but it is not an aesthetic (that is, it can not be used in a mapping via a scale but can only be set to a constant value for any given layer).

Setting to constant value

The linejoin parameter accepts one of three possible legal values: "round", "mitre", or "bevel". The default is "round".

d=data.frame(x=c(0,2,0), y=c(0,1,2))
t=data.frame(x=c(0,1,2), l=c("round", "mitre", "bevel"))
ggplot() +
geom_path(data=d, mapping=aes(x=x, y=y), size=10, linejoin="round") +
geom_path(data=d, mapping=aes(x=x+1, y=y), size=10, linejoin="mitre", linemitre=10) +
geom_path(data=d, mapping=aes(x=x+2, y=y), size=10, linejoin="bevel") +
geom_path(data=d, mapping=aes(x=x, y=y), size=1, color="white") +
geom_path(data=d, mapping=aes(x=x+1, y=y), size=1, color="white") +
geom_path(data=d, mapping=aes(x=x+2, y=y), size=1, color="white") + 
geom_text(data=t, mapping=aes(x=x+1.75, y=1, label=l), hjust=1, vjust=0.5)