[R] figs parameter for split.screen()

[Berton Gunter]

You may find that ?layout is an easier way to handle multiple plots on the
screen (I do), if you are not already aware of it.

-- Bert Gunter
Genentech Non-Clinical Statistics
South San Francisco, CA
 
"The business of the statistician is to catalyze the scientific learning
process."  - George E. P. Box
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Tsai
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 1:31 PM
> To: Prof Brian Ripley
> Cc: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] figs parameter for split.screen()
> 
> Dear Prof Brian Ripley,
> 
> Many thanks for your help. Before trying to split.screen 
> (1x2) I had set the
> "mar" parameter in par( ) in order to move each graph of another (2x1)
> splitted figure. This setting might have caused the problem. 
> Now it works.
> 
> Best regards,
> Rodrigo.
> 
> 
> On 2/14/06, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Rodrigo Tsai wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I would be pleased if anyone could help me.
> > >
> > > The Rhelp description for the figs parameter is "a 
> two-element vector
> > > describing
> > > the number of rows and colunns in a screen matrix".
> > >
> > > So, why does my code (below) produce a 2x1 screen matrix 
> instead of
> > > a 1x2 one?
> >
> > Does it? There is no way we can reproduce it as it is 
> incomplete, but
> >
> > split.screen(figs=c(1,2))
> > screen(1)
> > plot(1:2)
> > screen(2)
> > plot(10:1)
> >
> > does produce a 1x2 layout.
> >
> > Perhaps your error is call plot.new() in a subdivided 
> layout: it makes no
> > sense to select a screen and then move to the next frame.
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > rodrigo.
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > > plot.new()
> > >
> > > split.screen(figs=c(1,2))
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > screen(1)
> > >
> > > plot.new()
> > >
> > > plot(v16[vd==0], vdep[vd==0], bg="aliceblue", cex= 0.5,
> > > xlab="Age",ylab="AvWei", main="", ylim=c(x1,xn), cex.lab=1.1)
> > >
> > > title(main = "Female", cex.main = 1.1 , font.main = 1, col.main =
> > "black")
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > screen(2)
> > >
> > > plot.new()
> > >
> > > plot(v16[vd==1], vdep[vd==1], bg="aliceblue", cex= 0.5,
> > > xlab="Age",ylab="AvWei", main="", ylim=c(x1,xn), cex.lab=1.1)
> > >
> > > title(main = "Male", cex.main = 1.1 , font.main = 1, 
> col.main = "black")
> > >
> > > *-----------------------------------------------------------  *
> > >
> > > **
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