On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 07:56:02AM -0400, Sean Davis wrote: > The use for par is: > > > plot(1:8,1:8) #you must have an open graphics window before par has an effect
Instead of making a plot you will discard anyway (since you are making another when par() takes effect), you might want to initialize the device using the appropriate functions, eg x11(), postscript(), etc. > > par(mar=c(5,4,4,2)) #this will stay in effect until you either close the > graphics window or change it with another call to par > > plot(1:8,1:8) > > In other words, par works on an open graphics device and applies to all > subsequent plots to that device. You can't put it in the plot command--a > bit awkward at times, but often does save time and is very general. Best, Tamas -- Tam�s K. Papp E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please try to send only (latin-2) plain text, not HTML or other garbage. ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
