[R] margin problems?

[Uwe Ligges]

Greg Trafton wrote:
> 
> hi, All.  I'm using R 1.2.2 on a linux box.
> 
> I have very long labels on my y axis, and when I try to print them
> out, they always come out clipped so I can't see them.  How do I
> change the margin for the y axis?  I've tried mai and mar, but they
> don't seem to do anything...
> 
> process.names <- c("Makeprod-data", "Makeprod-QMM", "Search",
> "Download", "View Data", "View QMM", "Consult", "Stop", "Misfire",
> "Misfire", "Unknown")
> 
> and Makeprod-data only shows "od-data" ...


par(mar=...) is the right idea, e.g.:

# changing the default for left side margin from 4 to 10:
  par(mar=c(5, 10, 4, 2) + 0.1)
  plot(1:11, yaxt="n", ylab="")
  axis(2, 1:11, labels=process.names, las=2)

Uwe Ligges
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html
Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe"
(in the "body", not the subject !)  To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch
_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._