?par
see the 'xpd' argument; e.g. you may use legend(..., xpd = NA)
or use the 'lattice' package
Regards,
Yihui
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On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:26 AM, Paulo Barata <pbarata at infolink.com.br>
wrote:>
> Dear R-list members,
>
> I am trying to put a legend just outside the plotting area
> of a graph.
>
> 1. Is there some way to plot symbols on the figure margin,
> in the same way as function "mtext" can write on the
> margin?
>
> 2. Is there some way to use the "legend" function (or some
> equivalent function) to plot a legend on the figure margin?
>
> 3. Any other way to plot either symbols or a legend
> on the margin?
>
> I use R 2.7.2, running on Windows XP.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Paulo Barata
>
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