[R] x labels out of Quartz canvas

Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Tue Jun 17 08:51:42 CEST 2008


You do this by adjusting the margin sizes.  Can I suggest you read 'An 
Introduction to R', which has a section on the layout of graphics (perhaps 
the only area in which it is comprehensive).

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, MeMooMeM wrote:

>
> Hi R world,
>
> I am such a newbie, with only 4-5 days of R experience. I did a search in
> forum history but couldn't find a solution to my problem... Sorry if it's
> obvious:
>
> I managed to draw a barplot (yey!) with xlabels of 'long' names (filenames,
> to be particular). To make them readable, I place them perpendicular to the
> axis (las=2). When I do that, however, these names don't fit inside the
> Quartz window and they are truncated.
>
> Is there a way to change the Quartz window size after plotting (or, as an
> alternative, to scale the plot down so it fits in there) ?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> -Memo
>
> PS: This is the very first of my zillion of questions!
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