[R] Graphics question on putting axes in the margins

[Robert Chung]

Peter Flom wrote:

> which I did using mfrow = c(3,3).
>
> I'd like to use the space on the page as efficiently as possible,so I
> made the margins small, but that leaves no space for axes.  Is there a
> way to put axes only along the bottom and left side, so that a) The
> individual qqplots maintain their shape and b) less space on the page is
> taken up by white space?

Take a look at the code for plot.ts(..., plot.type="multiple").
It uses plot(..., axes=F), followed by calls to box() and axis().