On 3/3/2006 7:13 AM, Dan Bolser wrote: > Hi, > > Since I started to make some 'final' plots of my data I found that I > have tons of questions related to 'the little things'. Rather than > bother the list with all the questions (ahem), or search the archives > for similar questions and translate the context, I would like to find a > FAQ for plotting in particular (and R programming in general). I know > for sure (searching the list) that my questions have been answered many > times and in many different contexts, however, I can't find any list of > generic (best) solutions to common problems. > > For example, (a bit on the 'details' side, but...) > > How do I make my y axis labels / names appear horizontally? > > How do I put a plot within a plot? > > How do I scale the legend text in barplot(...,legend=T)? > > How do I generate a legend just like barplot(...,legend=T) using legend()? > > How do I give my axis labels a bit more space? (Shift the left/bottom of > the plotting area right/up from the left/bottom of the device area)? > > > These questions spring to mind because they are problems I am trying to > deal with, I am sure you could imagine loads of more basic plotting > questions. > > An FAQ is a great place to archive all the best community knowledge > about what library is good for what functionality and what 'tips & > tricks' have the coolest code. > > Where should I look?
I don't know of an FAQ with that level of detail, but there are two places I'd go to answer those if I didn't find the help in ?par: 1. Paul Murrell's book R Graphics. 2. The R Graph Gallery at http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques/ Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
