Incidentally, here is another way to do what (I think) you asked using layout(): m <- matrix(c(1,2,2), nrow =1) layout(m) plot(1:10, type = "p",main = "The First Plot") plot(10:1, type = "l", main ="The Second Plot") On my device, the plots use different size fonts, point sizes, etc. and so aesthetically differ. I do not know why and am too lazy to delve into the code. Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 8:39 AM Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:> ?layout > Please read the Help file **carefully** and work through the **examples**. > I cannot explain better than they. > Here is code using layout() that I think does what you want: > > m <- matrix(1:2, nrow =1) > layout(m, widths = c(1,2)) > plot(1:10, type = "p",main = "The First Plot") > plot(10:1, type = "l", main ="The Second Plot") > > Note that both the lattice package and ggplot2 can also do this sort of > thing much more flexibly(and therefore requiring more effort to learn). > > Cheers, > Bert > > > Bert Gunter > > "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and > sticking things into it." > -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 7:19 AM Luigi Marongiu <marongiu.luigi at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> I would like to draw two plots in the same device so that there is a >> single row and two columns, with the first column being 1/3 of the >> device's width. >> I am creating a PNG object with width = 30 and height = 20 cm. >> I know that I should use split.screen or layout but I am lost with the >> matrix to pass to the functions. >> For istance, I tried: >> # distance in arbitrary units (so let's say cm) from of corners >> # left, right, bottom, and top counting from bottom left corner >> # that is first panel has the bottom right corner 20 cm from the bottom >> left? >> > m = matrix(c(0,20,40,0, 20,60,40,0), byrow=T, ncol=4) >> > m >> [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] >> [1,] 0 20 40 0 >> [2,] 20 60 40 0 >> > split.screen(m) >> Error in par(split.screens[[cur.screen]]) : >> invalid value specified for graphical parameter "fig" >> > m[1,] >> [1] 0 20 40 0 >> > split.screen(m[1,]) >> Error in split.screen(m[1, ]) : 'figs' must specify at least one screen >> >> What should be the syntax for this task? >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Luigi >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>>>> Bert Gunter >>>>> on Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:51:04 -0800 writes:> Incidentally, here is another way to do what (I think) you asked using > layout(): > m <- matrix(c(1,2,2), nrow =1) > layout(m) > plot(1:10, type = "p", main ="The First Plot") > plot(10:1, type = "l", main ="The Second Plot") > On my device, the plots use different size fonts, point sizes, etc. and so > aesthetically differ. Really? -- Not at all for me [Linux default device X11(type="cairo")], where all these are identical on the left and the right plot. Such behavior seems like a bogous graphics device or bogous interaction with underlying libraries or ?? > I do not know why and am too lazy to delve into the code. > Bert Gunter Can you at least tell us a bit more, e.g. dev.capabilities() ? Best, Martin
Thank you, that worked good. I tried to read the help for layout/split.screen but I found it confusing. On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 5:51 PM Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:> > Incidentally, here is another way to do what (I think) you asked using layout(): > > m <- matrix(c(1,2,2), nrow =1) > layout(m) > plot(1:10, type = "p",main = "The First Plot") > plot(10:1, type = "l", main ="The Second Plot") > > On my device, the plots use different size fonts, point sizes, etc. and so aesthetically differ. I do not know why and am too lazy to delve into the code. > > Bert Gunter > > "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." > -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 8:39 AM Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> ?layout >> Please read the Help file **carefully** and work through the **examples**. I cannot explain better than they. >> Here is code using layout() that I think does what you want: >> >> m <- matrix(1:2, nrow =1) >> layout(m, widths = c(1,2)) >> plot(1:10, type = "p",main = "The First Plot") >> plot(10:1, type = "l", main ="The Second Plot") >> >> Note that both the lattice package and ggplot2 can also do this sort of thing much more flexibly(and therefore requiring more effort to learn). >> >> Cheers, >> Bert >> >> >> Bert Gunter >> >> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." >> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 7:19 AM Luigi Marongiu <marongiu.luigi at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> I would like to draw two plots in the same device so that there is a >>> single row and two columns, with the first column being 1/3 of the >>> device's width. >>> I am creating a PNG object with width = 30 and height = 20 cm. >>> I know that I should use split.screen or layout but I am lost with the >>> matrix to pass to the functions. >>> For istance, I tried: >>> # distance in arbitrary units (so let's say cm) from of corners >>> # left, right, bottom, and top counting from bottom left corner >>> # that is first panel has the bottom right corner 20 cm from the bottom left? >>> > m = matrix(c(0,20,40,0, 20,60,40,0), byrow=T, ncol=4) >>> > m >>> [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] >>> [1,] 0 20 40 0 >>> [2,] 20 60 40 0 >>> > split.screen(m) >>> Error in par(split.screens[[cur.screen]]) : >>> invalid value specified for graphical parameter "fig" >>> > m[1,] >>> [1] 0 20 40 0 >>> > split.screen(m[1,]) >>> Error in split.screen(m[1, ]) : 'figs' must specify at least one screen >>> >>> What should be the syntax for this task? >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Luigi >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Best regards, Luigi
On 12/14/18 1:44 AM, Luigi Marongiu wrote:> Thank you, that worked good. I tried to read the help for > layout/split.screen but I found it confusing.<SNIP> Me too. I conjecture that *everybody* finds it confusing, except maybe Paul M., and I'm not so sure about him! :-) However it *is possible* to fight your way through the help. Experimenting is useful! And when you succeed in fighting your way through, it works *well*. (Not "good"!!!) cheers, Rolf Turner -- Technical Editor ANZJS Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276