[R] Positioning of axis titles

[Greg Snow]

You could also include the call to title/mtext in the plot.axes argument to filled.contour, then the coordinate system is still correct.

Hope this helps,

--
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Greg Snow
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:52 PM
> To: Nicky Chorley; Uwe Ligges
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Positioning of axis titles
>
> A couple of things to try:
>
> Some adjustment can be made by adding whitespace to your label, e.g.:
>
> > plot(1:10, xlab='test')
> > plot(1:10, xlab='test\n')
> > plot(1:10, xlab='test     \n')
>
> You can set the label to be blank originally (xlab=''), then
> add it afterwards using title, mtext, or text; but with
> filled.contour the coordinates after the plot are not the
> same as those when the plot was created, so you may need to
> use grconvertX, grconvertY, or updateusr (last from the
> TeachingDemos package) to get the coordinates/positioning right.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --
> Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
> Statistical Data Center
> Intermountain Healthcare
> greg.snow at imail.org
> (801) 408-8111
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org
> > [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Nicky Chorley
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:30 PM
> > To: Uwe Ligges
> > Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> > Subject: Re: [R] Positioning of axis titles
> >
> > 2008/8/20 Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>:
> > > Increase the margins as well, default is:
> > >  par("mar"=c(5,4,4,1)+.1)
> > >
> > > Uwe Ligges
> > >
> >
> > Thanks very much. One further question: is it possible to
> change the
> > position of only one axis title (since using mgp changes both)?
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Nicky Chorley
> >
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