[R] short plots: lwd, margin and postscript behavior

[Cézar Freitas]

Thank you so much, but the commands in par doesn't
affect the pictures generated by postscript.
For example, I put lwd=3, and the postscript file is
the same, using par(lwd=3) or par(lwd=.5)...

 --- Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
escreveu: 
> Cézar Freitas wrote:
> 
> > I tested in R versions 1.8.1 and 2, but doesn't
> works.
> > The attached plots can explain this. And mar isn't
> a
> > parameter to postscript command. If I use in par,
> it
> > doesn't affect the outpu.
> 
> It does in R-2.0.1!!! Please try out what poeple are
> suggesting!
> You have to set par() for the current device, so
> after your call to 
> postscript, as I have indicated below.
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > C.
> > 
> >  --- Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
> > escreveu: 
> > 
> >>Cézar Freitas wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi all.
> >>>I'm working with a short plot (3x3 inches), but
> >>
> >>the
> >>
> >>>results (via postscript command) are not nice.
> The
> >>
> >>lwd
> >>
> >>>command don't affect the lines (that are very
> >>
> >>large)
> >>
> >>>and the margins don't change using oma, mai, mar,
> >>
> >>...
> >>
> >>>Below I put an example. Moreover, save the
> >>
> >>graphics
> >>
> >>>via postscript command isn't working well (see
> the
> >>>attached ps).
> >>>Thanks by the help,
> >>
> >>
> >>Setting lwd=0.5 works for me, as well as using
> >>par(mar=c(....))
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Cezar Freitas.
> >>>
> >>>#Example:
> >>>#data
> >>>  scores<-c(2.0, 0.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 2.0, 0.0,
> >>
> >>5.0,
> >>
> >>>2.5, 4.0, 5.0, 0.0, 5.0, 0.0, 2.0, 5.0, 5.0, 2.0,
> >>
> >>3.0,
> >>
> >>>3.0)
> >>>  q<-summary(scores)
> >>>  gra<-hist(scores, breaks=((0:11)/2-.2),
> >>
> >>plot=FALSE)
> >>
> >>>  yy<-ceiling(max(gra$counts)/10)*10
> >>>  yz<-yy/12
> >>>
> >>>#plot via postscript
> >>>  postscript("test.ps", width=3, height=3,
> >>>horizontal=FALSE, family="Times",
> paper="special")
> >>
> >>par(mar=rep(1,4)+.1, lwd=0.5)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>  hist(scores, breaks=((0:11)/2-.2),
> xlim=c(-1,6),
> >>>ylim=c(-yz,yy), main="scores", ylab="Freq",
> >>>xlab="math", cex.axis=.3, cex.main=.3,
> cex.sub=.3,
> >>>cex.lab=.3, mgp=c(1.5,.5,0))
> >>
> >>add lwd=0.5
> >>
> >>Uwe Ligges
> >>
> >>
> >>>  boxplot(scores, horizontal=1, add=1,
> at=-2*yz/3,
> >>>boxwex=1.5*yz, bty="n", axes=FALSE)
> >>>  points(q[4], -2*yz/3, col=1, pch="+", cex=.5)
> >>>
> >>>  dev.off()
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>	
> >>>	
> >>>		
> >>>
> >>
> >
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