[R] ggplot2: How to export several plots with same width?

[baptiste auguie]

I'm not sure it's currently possible with ggplot2 (lattice and  
latticeExtra offer some workarounds for this).

Perhaps you can try this,

http://wiki.r-project.org/rwiki/doku.php?id=tips:graphics-ggplot2:sharelegend

(neater here: )

http://learnr.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/ggplot2-two-or-more-plots-sharing-the-same-legend/

except that in your case you'd have to place several legends.


HTH,

baptiste


On 1 Jun 2009, at 08:19, Zeljko Vrba wrote:

> I have three plots and I want the *plot area* to be of the same  
> width on
> each plot.  Since the three plots have different legends, the text  
> width
> of the legend affects the width of the plot area (longer legend text =
> narrower plot area).  Exporting the three figures to postscript device
> of same size gives thus unequal plot areas.  How can I calculate the
> correct width of postscript device for each figure, so that plot areas
> will be equally wide?
>
> Is there a better alternative?
>
> (I tried to place the legend inside the plot area, which kinda  
> works, but
> the problem is that legend.position is relative to the *device*, not  
> to
> the *plot area*, so I don' know how to align the legend with plot  
> border.)
>
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