[R] figure margins too large; was: (no subject)

Uwe Ligges ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
Fri Jan 27 14:53:30 CET 2012


1. Use a sensible subject line
2. "Figure margins too large" means there is no space in the device to 
plot the data, the margins take (almost) all the space already.

Uwe Ligges



On 26.01.2012 17:59, R. Michael Weylandt wrote:
> I usually get that error when I'm replotting on a window/device that's
> already really small:
>
> e.g., on my Mac
>
> plot(1:5)
> ## Make window really small
> plot(1:6) # Throws error
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Harish Eswaran<hran25 at att.net>  wrote:
>>
>>                 Dear Rhelp,
>>
>>
>>
>> When I try to plot a barplot, I get the following message:
>>
>>
>>
>> Error in plot.new() : figure margins too large
>>
>>
>>
>> What does this mean and how can I fix it?
>>
>>
>>
>> I appreciate your help,
>>
>> Horatio Gates
>>
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