[R] lattice splom: how to adjust space between tick marks and tick labels?

[Marius Hofert]

Dear Peter,

thank you very much, *precisely* what I was looking for!

Cheers,

Marius

On 2010-12-27, at 02:27 , Peter Ehlers wrote:

> On 2010-12-26 08:26, Marius Hofert wrote:
>> Dear David,
>> 
>> thank you for your answer.
>> As I wrote, I am looking for an option to control the *space* between the tick marks and the corresponding labels. I am happy with the *number* of tick marks and their default values. As far as I know, pscales can't control the space, so it is *not* what I am looking for.
> 
> Marius,
> I think that you mean something like the following:
> 
> U <- matrix(runif(300), ncol = 3)
> splom(U, par.settings = list(
>                axis.components = list(
>                    left = list(pad1 = 3)
>                )
>          )
> )
> 
> which will adjust the left axis; you'll have to add
> right, top, bottom components to handle those as well.
> 
> Have a look at what trellis.par.get() produces and
> check the axis.components section.
> 
> Peter Ehlers
> 
> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Marius
>> 
>> On 2010-12-26, at 14:36 , David Winsemius wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 26, 2010, at 5:41 AM, Marius Hofert wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dear expeRts,
>>>> 
>>>> how can I decrease the space between the tick marks and the corresponding labels in an splom?
>>>> See here:
>>>> 
>>>> library(lattice)
>>>> U<- matrix(runif(4000), ncol = 8)
>>>> splom(U, axis.text.cex = 0.2) # =>  space between the [small] tick labels and tick marks is/seems to be too large
>>> 
>>> So you want more tick marks?
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I checked ?panel.pairs but could not find an option for that.
>>> 
>>> What about the pscales argument?
>>> 
>>> A single number would increase the number of ticks, or a list with "at" and "labels" values can be passed. Seem to be just what you asked for.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> David Winsemius, MD
>>> West Hartford, CT
>>>