[R] Relocating Axis Label/Title

[John Kane]

Have a look at "mar" in ?par.  You might want to
try something like mar=c(5, 5, 4, 2) + 0.1 rather than
the default of c(5, 4, 4, 2) + 0.1 .
--- Lorenzo Isella <lorenzo.isella at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
> I am experiencing some problems with relocating an
> axis title.
> I visited the following link before posting:
> 
>
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/05/5283.html
> 
> But this is not entirely what I would like to do
> Consider the example below:
> 
> rm(list=ls())
> D_mean<-seq(-5,5,length=100)
> y<-exp(-D_mean^2/5)
> pdf("my.pdf")
>
plot(D_mean,y,type="l",yaxt="n",lty=2,lwd=2,col="black",
> ylab = list(expression(paste(dN/dlogD[agg],"
> ["*cm^-3*"]"))),
> xlab = expression(paste(D[agg]," [nm]")),
> cex.lab=1.2
> )
> title(2, mgp=c(0, .3, 0))
> dev.off()
> 
> I have the problem that the "3" in cubic centimeters
> (on the y axis)
> is somehow "cut" in the pdf file I generate.
> Everything would be fine
> if I could shift a bit the title of the y axis.
> It must be trivial, but so far I have not managed to
> do it.
> Any suggestions?
> Many thanks
> 
> Lorenzo
> I tried playing with the mgp parameter, but I
> managed to move the
> 
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