R help - Aug 2008 - Positioning of axis titles

Hi,

I have created a plot using filled.contour() and have the problem that
one of the axis titles and an axis label are overlapping. I have tried
changing par()$mgp (with, e.g. par(mgp=c(4,1,0)) ), but this just
makes the title go off the screen. I can't work out how to make the
plot take up less space in the window, so I can hopefully change mgp
and sort the problem. Is changing mgp the only way to position axis
titles/labels?

Regards,

Nicky Chorley

Nicky Chorley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have created a plot using filled.contour() and have the problem that
> one of the axis titles and an axis label are overlapping. I have tried
> changing par()$mgp (with, e.g. par(mgp=c(4,1,0)) ), but this just
> makes the title go off the screen. I can't work out how to make the
> plot take up less space in the window, so I can hopefully change mgp
> and sort the problem. Is changing mgp the only way to position axis
> titles/labels?
Increase the margins as well, default is:
   par("mar"=c(5,4,4,1)+.1)

Uwe Ligges

> Regards,
> 
> Nicky Chorley
> 
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2008/8/20 Uwe Ligges <ligges at
statistik.tu-dortmund.de>:
> Increase the margins as well, default is:
>  par("mar"=c(5,4,4,1)+.1)
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
Thanks very much. One further question: is it possible to change the
position of only one axis title (since using mgp changes both)?

Thanks again,

Nicky Chorley