[R] wireplot margins and additional z-axis

[Deepayan Sarkar]

On 9/11/06, Klaus Nordhausen <klausch at gmx.de> wrote:
> Dear R experts,
>
> it would be very kind if you could help me with two wireplot problems.
>
> First, when I make a wireplot and transform it into an .eps using the postscript function the eps-file leaves always a lot of space below the plot, as if it would leave space for a legend or something like that.
> How can i get the plot into the bottom corner without the space below? The space is not there when I just display the plot in R on my screen (I use R.2.3.1 on Windows XP). Or in general, how can I get the margins on all sides as small as possible since I wnat to include the eps into a report and do not need the space around.
>
> The following code has the space on the eps:
>
> library(lattice)
>  plot.vol <- wireframe(volcano, aspect = 1, scales=list(arrows=F) ,zlab=list("Z-axis",rot=90))
>

Perhaps you want something like

aspect = c(1, 1.5)

instead.

> postscript("example_plot.eps", width = 14.0/2.54, height = 19.0/2.54,
>                 horizontal = FALSE, onefile = FALSE,paper="special")
>
> trellis.par.set("axis.line",list(alpha=1,col=1,lty=0,lwd=1))
>
> print(plot.vol)
>
> dev.off()
>
>
> Secondly, is it possible to add to the wireplot a further z-axis. I found only how to choose at which veritcal line I want the tickmarks and label, but is it also possible to have it at two vertical lines?
>

No (but it shouldn't be too hard to add that feature; I'll have to check).

Deepayan