[Rd] Fixed plot height question

[Prof Brian Ripley]

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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