?par
read about mfg
which allows you to index into the arrangement set by mfrow and mfcol

Rich

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 5:27 PM, R. Michael Weylandt <
michael.weylandt@gmail.com> wrote:

> R-helpers,
>
> I'm looking to set up multi-screen plots with layout() or
> par(mfrow/mfcol = ) but I'm not sure if there's an easy way to go
> "backwards" among the panels. E.g.
>
> layout(1:2)
> plot(1:4)
> plot(1:8)
>
> Here I'd like to put some more on the 1:4 plot (e.g., some points or a
> line or a legend) but everything goes onto the now active panel. I'm
> really looking for something like dev.set() but for the panels on a
> single device.
>
> I know the immediate work around is simply to do all that's necessary
> for each panel in the right order, but I'm setting up some
> end-user-facing plot functions and that might not be the easiest to
> ask of them. For speed / style / consistency, I'd really like to stay
> with base graphics, so a grid solution unfortunately isn't quite what
> I need.
>
> Happy to be told to RTFM if someone has a pointer to the right one,
>
> Michael
>
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