[R] Specify custom par(mfrow()) layout for defined plot()

[Michael Bach]

Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> writes:

> On 29.04.2011 17:10, Michael Bach wrote:
>> Dear R Users,
>>
>> I am doing stats::decompose() on 4 different time series.  When I issue
>>
>> csdA<- decompose(tsA)
>> plot(csdA)
>>
>> I get a summary plot for observed, trend, seasonal and random components
>> of decomposed time series tsA.  As I understand it, the object returned
>> by decompose() has it's own plot method where mfrow(4,1) etc. is
>> defined.  Now suppose I wanted to wrap those mfrow(4,1) into my own
>> mfrow(2,2) layout.  How could I achieve this?  Is there a general way to
>> handle these cases?  Something like a "meta" par(mfrow())?
>
>
> This does not work and is one of the reasons why the grid package was developed.
>

Does this mean that there is no way whatsoever or that there is a
workaround via the grid package??

Kind Regards,
Michael Bach