Well, if you don't want to play with the margins, then I guess you have to use the layout() function. You will want something similar to the following if you want legends at the right:
def.par <- par(no.readonly = TRUE)# save default nf <- layout( matrix( c(1,2), nrow=1), c(4,1) ) # If you want legend at bottom, change nrow to ncol layout.show(nf) # so the ratio of plot to legend area is 4:1 par(mar=c(1,1,1,1)) plot.new() # calls an empty plot legend( 0, 0.5, "A spot", pch=1, col=1) par(def.par) # reset to default There might be a nicer way of doing this though. -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Z Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R] key in margin area Hi Is there any way to position a key (legend) outside the plot area? i.e. in the margin between plot area and page margin. I realise I could achieve the same effect by creating a larger plot but not printing the axes and then draw the smaller axes independantly leaving room for the key. However, that wont work very well in my particular case. Thanks in advance Jeremy _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
