?plot.default
## documents the frame.plot arg and
?boxplot
## documents miscellaneous graphical parameters that go into ...

I would agree that the documentation is relatively poor, a legacy of the
original graphics system, which splits up parameter documentation among
par(), plot(), and specific types of plots. I would guess Paull Murrell's
book also has it, but I haven't checked.

-- Bert

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Ivan Calandra <
ivan.calandra@u-bourgogne.fr> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> I had never heard of this 'frame' argument and it's a breakthrough for me
> to be finally able to get rid of this frame!
>
> But where is this argument explained? I couldn't find it in plot(),
> boxplot(), bxp() or par().
>
> Thank you for your answer :)
> Ivan
>
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>
> Le 13/07/12 04:48, Peter Ehlers a écrit :
>
>> On 2012-07-12 18:39, David L Carlson wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry about that. I got rid of the box another way and then switched to
>>> using pars=
>>> without making sure it worked. This works:
>>>
>>> flies$group <- factor(flies$group, 5:1) # 1
>>> levels(flies$group) <- paste0("Group ", 5:1) # 2
>>>
>>> oldpar <- par(bty="n")
>>> boxplot(long ~ group,
>>>          data = flies,
>>>          pars=list(las=1, ylim=c(10, 110), xaxt="n"),
>>>          horizontal = TRUE,
>>>          col = "red")
>>>
>>> axis(1, at=seq(10, 110, 20))
>>> par(oldpar)
>>>
>>
>> Or you could add 'frame = FALSE' to the boxplot() call.
>>
>> Peter Ehlers
>>
>>
>>> ------------------------------**-------
>>> David
>>>
>>> ------------------------------**-------
>>> David L Carlson
>>> Associate Professor of Anthropology
>>> Texas A&M University
>>> College Station, TX 77840-4352
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>> From: "darnold" <dwarnold45@suddenlink.net>
>>> To: r-help@r-project.org
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 7:53:33 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [R] Adjusting format of boxplot
>>>
>>> Added your code:
>>>
>>>
>>> flies <- read.table("example12_1.dat",**header=TRUE,sep="\t")
>>>
>>> flies$group <- factor(flies$group,5:1)
>>>
>>> levels(flies$group) <- paste0("Group ",5:1)
>>>
>>> boxplot(long ~ group,
>>> data = flies,
>>> pars = list(las=1, ylim=c(10,110), xaxt="n", bty="n"),
>>> horizontal = TRUE,
>>> col = "red")
>>>
>>> axis(1,at=seq(10,110,20))
>>>
>>> Almost worked perfectly, except the frame around the plot remains, which
>>> is
>>> strange as you have bty="n".
>>>
>>> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/**file/n4636381/Rplot11.png<http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4636381/Rplot11.png>
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
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