[R] size of subplots with par() / layout()

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Robin Hankin wrote:

> If I do this:
>
> par(mfrow=c(2,2))
> persp(matrix(1:4,6,6),box=F,phi=33,theta=33)
> persp(matrix(1:4,6,6),box=F,phi=33,theta=33)
> persp(matrix(1:4,6,6),box=F,phi=33,theta=33)
> persp(matrix(1:4,6,6),box=F,phi=33,theta=33)
>
>
> (
> or indeed
>
> layout(matrix(1:4,2,2))
> persp  . . . .
> )
>
>
> then the mesh plots look too small to me.  How do I make them larger?

By reducing the size of the plot margins, which are taking up a lot of 
the space and you are not using.  Use par's mai or mar, and see `An 
Introduction to R' to understand plot layouts.

The effect is seen with just a single version of your example.

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