[R] grid(Base): How to avoid "Figure region too small and/or viewport too large" by specifying 'relative' units?

[Marius Hofert]

In the meanwhile, I found a more minimal example which shows the problem (just
change 'inch' to TRUE to see the difference):


require(grid)

inch <- FALSE # TRUE

d <- if(inch) 5 else 1
pspc <- d*c(0.3, 0.3) # width, height of panels
spc <- d*c(0.05, 0.05) # width, height of space
axlabspc <- d*c(0.1, 0.1) # width y label, height x label
labspc <- d*c(0.05, 0.05) # width label boxes, height label boxes

par. <- par(no.readonly=TRUE)
gl <- grid.layout(5, 5, default.units=if(inch) "inches" else "npc",
                  widths=c(axlabspc[1], pspc[1], spc[1], pspc[1], labspc[1]),
                  heights=c(labspc[2], pspc[2], spc[2], pspc[2], axlabspc[2]))
grid.show.layout(gl)
pushViewport(viewport(layout=gl))
for(i in 1:2) {
    for(j in 1:2) {
        pushViewport(viewport(layout.pos.row=2*i, layout.pos.col=2*j, name="foo"))
        grid.rect()
        upViewport()
    }
}
par(par.)