[R] par(xaxp)

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 Setzer.Woodrow at epamail.epa.gov wrote:

> I think this is a bug; at least this behavior is not documented in plot
> or plot.default.

See the definition of a bug in the FAQ.

> plot.default resets xaxp, and leaves xaxp reset when it exits:
>
> par(xaxp=c(0,1,4))
> print(par("xaxp"))
> plot(c(0,1),c(0.2,0.3))
> print(par("xaxp"))

xaxp is defined as

     `xaxp' A vector of the form `c(x1, x2, n)' giving the coordinates
          of the extreme tick marks and the number of intervals between
          tick-marks.

so it is redefined whenever axes are drawn. Many of the graphics par's are
reset when a plot is drawn.  par("usr") is another one.

I don't see why you expected otherwise (and in particular why you expected
this to be documented under plot.default).

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