Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0601112155550.27354@gannet.stats>
Date: 2006-01-11T22:00:46Z
From: Brian Ripley
Subject: Fixed plot height question
In-Reply-To: <75ABA294-FD90-4CC8-995B-17F35BF55A71@bu.edu>
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Mike Schaffer wrote:
> I've tried many things, so it's time to call on the gurus. I'm
> trying to make a plot that will conform to the width of the plot
> device but have a fixed height (say one inch regardless of the plot
> device height setting -- unless obviously it's less than the plot
> device).
>
> Is this possible?
Yes. Set par(pin=c(par("pin")[1], 1)).
Warning: you may not have meant the plot height, rather the figure height.
See R-Intro for the differences.
> Additionally, I'd like to be able to plot something immediately after
> this plot and have it right below. Would this require a par(mfrow=c
> ()) command? Can anyone help?
Using par(plt=) will do this for you. Or look into grid, layout or
split.screen.
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Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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