[R] help with the use of mtext to create main title over multiple plots

2009-10-12 Thread Mark Kimpel 
I'm trying to use mtext to create a main title over multiple plots. Below is
a simple self-contained example and my sessionInfo (I should note I've also
tried this with R-2.8.1 with the same results). When I execute the code
chunk below, I get the plots, but no title. I've tried this using the screen
driver, pdf, and postscript. I've used different sizes of paper. I suspect I
am making an elementary error but searching the help files and help archives
hasn't provided me an answer.

Thanks for any help, Mark

#
setwd(~/Desktop)
pdf(my.test.plots.pdf, paper = letter)
par(mfrow=c(2,2))
for (i in 1:4){
  plot(1:6, 1:6)
}
mtext(text = my test plots, side = 3, outer = TRUE)
dev.off()
#

R version 2.10.0 Under development (unstable) (2009-09-21 r49771)
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8   LC_NUMERIC=C
 [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
 [5] LC_MONETARY=C  LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8   LC_NAME=C
 [9] LC_ADDRESS=C   LC_TELEPHONE=C
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics  grDevices utils datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] car_1.2-15

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_2.10.0

Mark W. Kimpel MD  ** Neuroinformatics ** Dept. of Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine

15032 Hunter Court, Westfield, IN  46074

(317) 490-5129 Work,  Mobile  VoiceMail
(317) 399-1219 Skype No Voicemail please

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Re: [R] help with the use of mtext to create main title over multiple plots

2009-10-12 Thread Tony Plate 

Try playing around with the oma setting in par() -- it sets the outer 
margins, which by default are zero.

The following shows the mtext label for me, using the windows device:


par(mfrow=c(2,2))
par(oma)

[1] 0 0 0 0

par(oma=c(0,0,2,0))
for (i in 1:4) plot(0:1,0:1)
mtext(text = my test plots, side = 3, outer = TRUE)



Mark Kimpel wrote:

I'm trying to use mtext to create a main title over multiple plots. Below is
a simple self-contained example and my sessionInfo (I should note I've also
tried this with R-2.8.1 with the same results). When I execute the code
chunk below, I get the plots, but no title. I've tried this using the screen
driver, pdf, and postscript. I've used different sizes of paper. I suspect I
am making an elementary error but searching the help files and help archives
hasn't provided me an answer.

Thanks for any help, Mark

#
setwd(~/Desktop)
pdf(my.test.plots.pdf, paper = letter)
par(mfrow=c(2,2))
for (i in 1:4){
  plot(1:6, 1:6)
}
mtext(text = my test plots, side = 3, outer = TRUE)
dev.off()
#

R version 2.10.0 Under development (unstable) (2009-09-21 r49771)
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8   LC_NUMERIC=C
 [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
 [5] LC_MONETARY=C  LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8   LC_NAME=C
 [9] LC_ADDRESS=C   LC_TELEPHONE=C
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics  grDevices utils datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] car_1.2-15

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_2.10.0

Mark W. Kimpel MD  ** Neuroinformatics ** Dept. of Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine

15032 Hunter Court, Westfield, IN  46074

(317) 490-5129 Work,  Mobile  VoiceMail
(317) 399-1219 Skype No Voicemail please

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Re: [R] help with the use of mtext to create main title over multiple plots

2009-10-12 Thread David Winsemius 


On Oct 12, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Tony Plate wrote:

Try playing around with the oma setting in par() -- it sets the  
outer margins, which by default are zero.


The following shows the mtext label for me, using the windows device:


par(mfrow=c(2,2))
par(oma)

[1] 0 0 0 0

par(oma=c(0,0,2,0))
for (i in 1:4) plot(0:1,0:1)
mtext(text = my test plots, side = 3, outer = TRUE)


Good advice. Works on a Mac, too:

setwd(~/Desktop)
pdf(my.test.plots.pdf, paper = letter)
opar - par(mfrow=c(2,2), oma=c(0,0,2,0))
for (i in 1:4){
 plot(1:6, 1:6);
}
mtext(text = my test plots, side = 3, outer = TRUE)
dev.off(); par(opar)






Mark Kimpel wrote:
I'm trying to use mtext to create a main title over multiple plots.  
Below is
a simple self-contained example and my sessionInfo (I should note  
I've also
tried this with R-2.8.1 with the same results). When I execute the  
code
chunk below, I get the plots, but no title. I've tried this using  
the screen
driver, pdf, and postscript. I've used different sizes of paper. I  
suspect I
am making an elementary error but searching the help files and help  
archives

hasn't provided me an answer.
Thanks for any help, Mark
#
setwd(~/Desktop)
pdf(my.test.plots.pdf, paper = letter)
par(mfrow=c(2,2))
for (i in 1:4){
 plot(1:6, 1:6)
}
mtext(text = my test plots, side = 3, outer = TRUE)
dev.off()
#
R version 2.10.0 Under development (unstable) (2009-09-21 r49771)
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
locale:
[1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8   LC_NUMERIC=C
[3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
[5] LC_MONETARY=C  LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
[7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8   LC_NAME=C
[9] LC_ADDRESS=C   LC_TELEPHONE=C
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics  grDevices utils datasets  methods   base
other attached packages:
[1] car_1.2-15
loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_2.10.0
Mark W. Kimpel MD  ** Neuroinformatics ** Dept. of Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine
15032 Hunter Court, Westfield, IN  46074
(317) 490-5129 Work,  Mobile  VoiceMail
(317) 399-1219 Skype No Voicemail please
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Re: [R] help with the use of mtext to create main title over multiple plots

2009-10-12 Thread Dieter Menne 



Mark Kimpel wrote:
 
 I'm trying to use mtext to create a main title over multiple plots. Below
 is
 a simple self-contained example and my sessionInfo (I should note I've
 also
 tried this with R-2.8.1 with the same results). When I execute the code
 
 ...
 
 
 

Thanks for your nice example showing the problem clearly. I normally prefer
to test these things in a window first, it's faster, though.

You had forgotten to give the poor graphics a bit of outer margin. If you
look carefully, you could have seen a few tail in the plot. The example
overreacts a bit, but you get the idea.
You might also reduce your plot margins a bit (see par) to avoid to large
empty space.

Dieter

par(mfrow=c(2,2),oma=c(10,10,10,10)
for (i in 1:4){
  plot(1:6, 1:6)
}
mtext(text = my test plots, side = 1, outer = TRUE)

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Re: [R] help with the use of mtext to create main title over multiple plots

2009-10-12 Thread Simon Bonner 
Hey Mark,

The text is actually there -- I can just see the bottom of the 'y' and
the 'p' in my plotting window. You can move the text down (into the
plot) with the argument line. E.g.:

mtext(text = my test plots, side = 3, outer = TRUE, line=-2)

Hope that helps...

-  
Simon Bonner
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Statistics, UBC

www.simon.bonners.ca


On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 13:29 -0400, Mark Kimpel wrote:
 mtext(text = my test plots, side = 3, outer = TRUE)

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Re: [R] help with the use of mtext to create main title over multiple plots

2009-10-12 Thread Mark Kimpel 
Thanks Tony (and others). Setting oma corrects the problem. Mark
Mark W. Kimpel MD  ** Neuroinformatics ** Dept. of Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine

15032 Hunter Court, Westfield, IN  46074

(317) 490-5129 Work,  Mobile  VoiceMail
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On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Tony Plate tpl...@acm.org wrote:

 Try playing around with the oma setting in par() -- it sets the outer
 margins, which by default are zero.

 The following shows the mtext label for me, using the windows device:

  par(mfrow=c(2,2))
 par(oma)

 [1] 0 0 0 0

 par(oma=c(0,0,2,0))
 for (i in 1:4) plot(0:1,0:1)
 mtext(text = my test plots, side = 3, outer = TRUE)


 Mark Kimpel wrote:

 I'm trying to use mtext to create a main title over multiple plots. Below
 is
 a simple self-contained example and my sessionInfo (I should note I've
 also
 tried this with R-2.8.1 with the same results). When I execute the code
 chunk below, I get the plots, but no title. I've tried this using the
 screen
 driver, pdf, and postscript. I've used different sizes of paper. I suspect
 I
 am making an elementary error but searching the help files and help
 archives
 hasn't provided me an answer.

 Thanks for any help, Mark

 #
 setwd(~/Desktop)
 pdf(my.test.plots.pdf, paper = letter)
 par(mfrow=c(2,2))
 for (i in 1:4){
  plot(1:6, 1:6)
 }
 mtext(text = my test plots, side = 3, outer = TRUE)
 dev.off()
 #

 R version 2.10.0 Under development (unstable) (2009-09-21 r49771)
 x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

 locale:
  [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8   LC_NUMERIC=C
  [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
  [5] LC_MONETARY=C  LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
  [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8   LC_NAME=C
  [9] LC_ADDRESS=C   LC_TELEPHONE=C
 [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

 attached base packages:
 [1] stats graphics  grDevices utils datasets  methods   base

 other attached packages:
 [1] car_1.2-15

 loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] tools_2.10.0

 Mark W. Kimpel MD  ** Neuroinformatics ** Dept. of Psychiatry
 Indiana University School of Medicine

 15032 Hunter Court, Westfield, IN  46074

 (317) 490-5129 Work,  Mobile  VoiceMail
 (317) 399-1219 Skype No Voicemail please

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