FYI, from help("layout", package="graphics"): "[...] Warnings These functions are totally incompatible with the other mechanisms for arranging plots on a device: par(mfrow), par(mfcol) and split.screen."
/Henrik On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:17 PM, R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weyla...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's fantastic Richard and much appreciated. It doesn't seem to play > intuitively with layout() [and isn't documented to do so] but do you > happen to know an alternative that works nicely with layout()? > > I'm trying to wrap my head around something like this: > > layout(matrix(c(1,1,2,3), byrow = TRUE, ncol = 2)) > plot(1:5) > par("mfg") # So the big panel seems to be c(1,1,2,2) > > plot(1:5) > plot(1:5) > > # i and j seem not to make too much sense? > par("mfg" = c(2,1,2,2)) > points(5:1, type = "l", col = 2) # Why does this go back to bottom right? > > par("mfg" = c(1,2,2,2)) > points(5:1, type = "l", col = 3) # Bottom left apparently? > > par("mfg" = c(1,1)) > points(5:1, type = "l", col = 4) # Aspect ratio is funny or maybe its > the margins? > > That last one is particularly strange to me. Anyways, it's much > appreciated and I think it's worth giving up the variable sizing > layout() affords to use this - thanks again, > > Michael > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Richard M. Heiberger <r...@temple.edu> wrote: >> ?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.weyla...@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 >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.