[R] 'par mfrow' and not filling horizontally

[Bert Gunter]

Ted:

?layout

Is this close to what you want?

layout(matrix(1:2, nrow=2),wid=1,heigh=c(1,1), resp= TRUE)

 set.seed(54321)
 X0 <- rnorm(50) ; Y0 <- rnorm(50)

 plot(X0,Y0,pch="+",col="blue",xlim=c(-3,3),ylim=c(-3,3),
 xlab="X",ylab="Y",main="My Plot",asp=1)

 plot(X0,Y0,pch="+",col="blue",xlim=c(-3,3),ylim=c(-3,3),
 xlab="X",ylab="Y",main="My Plot",asp=1)


On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Ted Harding
<Ted.Harding at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> Greetings, Folks.
> I'd appreciate being shown the way out of this one!
> I've been round the documentation in ever-drecreasing
> circles, and along other paths, without stumbling on
> the answer.
>
> The background to the question can be exemplified by
> the example (no graphics window open to start with):
>
>  set.seed(54321)
>  X0 <- rnorm(50) ; Y0 <- rnorm(50)
>
>  par(mfrow=c(2,1),mfg=c(1,1),cex=0.5)
>  plot(X0,Y0,pch="+",col="blue",xlim=c(-3,3),ylim=c(-3,3),
>  xlab="X",ylab="Y",main="My Plot",asp=1)
>
>  par(mfg=c(2,1))
>  plot(X0,Y0,pch="+",col="blue",xlim=c(-3,3),ylim=c(-3,3),
>  xlab="X",ylab="Y",main="My Plot",asp=1)
>
> As you will see, both plots have been extended laterally
> to fill the plotting area horizontally, hence extend from
> approx X = -8 to approx X = +8 (on my X11 display), despite
> the xlim=c(-3,3); however, the "ylim=c(-3,3)" has been
> respected, as has "asp=1".
>
> What I would like to see, independently of the shape of
> the graphics window, is a pair of square plots, each with
> X and Y ranging from -3 to 3, even if this leaves empty
> space in the graphics window on either side.
>
> Hints?
>
> With thanks,
> Ted.
>
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