[R] figure margins too large for a barplot in png, pdf ok

[Charilaos Skiadas]

On May 6, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Alexy Khrabrov wrote:

> I've used to have a script with a barplot command it in, preceded  
> by a png:
>
> png(graph.file,height=H,width=W)
> barplot(t,names.arg=breaks[2:(length(t)+1)],tck=gridlines)
>
> -- worked before R 2.6.2.  When I tried it in R 2.6.2, which I have  
> for a while but didn't run with that script, it complained, the  
> margins too large, and I've googled the messages from our list  
> where neither height nor width had been specified.  Yet here they  
> are specified here.
>
> Calling same from R GUI draws the nice barplot in Quartz, and  
> replacing png with pdf or postscript does fine.  Other graphs work  
> fine with png.  Jpeg also complains; when I try various values for  
> H or W, still the same -- how can I subdue the png?

What values do H,W have? Keep in mind, the numbers count pixels in  
png. And you have not given us a reproducible example.

> Cheers,
> Alexy

Haris Skiadas
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Hanover College