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On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 1:19 PM, carol white <wht_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It seems that there is a problem in > displaying subtitle in general, independently from > multi-plot display. when I do > > plot (c(1,2,3), c(9,8,7), type = "l") > title(main = "Main title", sub ="Sub title",cex.main=2, > cex.sub = 2) > > subtitle doesn't get displayed > >> --- On Sat, 11/21/09, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >> > From: David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> >> > Subject: Re: [R] title problem >> > To: "Gabor Grothendieck" <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> >> > Cc: "carol white" <wht_...@yahoo.com>, >> "r-help list" <r-help@r-project.org> >> > Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:09 AM >> > >> > On Nov 21, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Gabor Grothendieck >> wrote: >> > >> > > Try the line= argument on title() >> > > >> > > opar <- par(oma = 4 * c(1, 1, 1, 1), >> no.readonly = >> > TRUE) >> > > par(mfrow = 1:2) >> > > plot(1:3, 9:7) >> > > plot(1:3, 7:9) >> > > for(i in 1:3) title(main = i, line = i, outer = >> TRUE) >> > > par(opar) >> > > >> > >> > I was not sure what Carol was hoping for. I assumed >> she was >> > hoping for >> > the full page analog of what subtitle would do with >> an >> > individual >> > plot, i.e. that the subtitle would be below the plots >> and >> > centered. If >> > she were hoping for just another line below the main >> title, >> > then your >> > strategy or using "\n" within the string would be >> > effective. >> > >> > I think that she may need to use mtext() in order to >> get a >> > "true" sub- >> > title of the first sort. >> > >> > -- >> > David. >> > >> > > >> > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:47 PM, carol white >> <wht_...@yahoo.com> >> > >> > > wrote: >> > >> Thanks Gary. No I want one subtitle for all >> plots >> > below the main >> > >> title. subtitle should work but if doesn't at >> the >> > worst case I >> > >> could do as follows: >> > >> >> > >> title(main = "Main title\nSub title",outer = >> TRUE, >> > cex.main=1.5,...) >> > >> >> > >> --- On Sat, 11/21/09, Gary <mail2garymil...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> From: Gary <mail2garymil...@gmail.com> >> > >>> Subject: Re: [R] title problem >> > >>> To: "David Winsemius" <dwinsem...@comcast.net> >> > >>> Cc: "carol white" <wht_...@yahoo.com>, >> > "r-help list" <r-help@r-project.org >> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 9:39 >> AM >> > >>> You are right David/Carol. It seems >> outer=T >> > >>> does not work for "Sub title". I'm not >> sure >> > >>> what Carol is looking for, but in case >> you >> > need separate sub >> > >>> titles for each graph, then you may want >> to >> > use more than >> > >>> one title statement. Like: >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> par(oma=c(2,2,2,2))par(mfrow = >> > >>> c(1,2))plot(c(1,2,3), >> > >>> c(9,8,7))title(sub ="sub title 1", >> > >>> cex.sub = 0.75)plot(c(1,2,3), >> > >>> c(9,8,7))title(sub ="sub title 2", >> > >>> cex.sub = 0.75) >> > >>> >> > >>> title(main = "Main title", >> > >>> cex.main=1.5, outer = TRUE) >> > >>> Not sure about how to do it for a single >> > >>> "sub title" for whole graph. >> > >>> Anyone?~Gary >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:07 PM, >> > >>> David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> >> > >>> wrote: >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> On Nov 21, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Gary >> wrote: >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> Hi Carol, >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> Try this >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> par(oma=c(2,2,2,2)) >> > >>> >> > >>> par(mfrow = c(1,2)) >> > >>> >> > >>> plot(c(1,2,3), c(9,8,7)) >> > >>> >> > >>> plot(c(1,2,3), c(9,8,7)) >> > >>> >> > >>> title(main = "Main title", sub ="Sub >> > >>> title",outer = TRUE, cex.main=1.5, >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> cex.sub = 1.5) >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> I'm curious about what you are seeing >> with >> > that >> > >>> sequence. On a Mac running R 2.10.0 I am >> not >> > seeing the >> > >>> subtitle. >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> -- >> > >>> >> > >>> David >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> par(oma=c(2,2,2,2)) -- can be used to >> define >> > outline of the >> > >>> plot. Arguments >> > >>> >> > >>> here are for "bottom", "left", >> > >>> "top", "right"; which ofcourse can be >> > >>> changed >> > >>> >> > >>> according to need. HTH >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> ~Gary >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:21 AM, carol >> white >> > <wht_...@yahoo.com> >> > >>> wrote: >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> Hi, >> > >>> >> > >>> I got problem in using title function to >> > create a title for >> > >>> multiple plots >> > >>> >> > >>> presented together by par. As can be seen >> in >> > the attached >> > >>> file, the title is >> > >>> >> > >>> displayed truncated and the subtitle >> doesn't >> > get >> > >>> displayed. Here is the >> > >>> >> > >>> code: >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> par(mfrow = c(1,2)) >> > >>> >> > >>> plot(c(1,2,3), c(9,8,7)) >> > >>> >> > >>> plot(c(1,2,3), c(9,8,7)) >> > >>> >> > >>> title(main = "Main title", sub ="Sub >> > >>> title",outer = TRUE, cex.main=1.5, >> > >>> >> > >>> cex.sub = 1.5) >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> Carol >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > ______________________________________________ >> > >>> >> > >>> R-help@r-project.org >> > >>> mailing list >> > >>> >> > >>> 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]] >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > ______________________________________________ >> > >>> >> > >>> R-help@r-project.org >> > >>> mailing list >> > >>> >> > >>> 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. >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> David Winsemius, MD >> > >>> >> > >>> Heritage Laboratories >> > >>> >> > >>> West Hartford, CT >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> ______________________________________________ >> > >> R-help@r-project.org >> > mailing list >> > >> 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. >> > >> >> > > >> > > ______________________________________________ >> > > R-help@r-project.org >> > mailing list >> > > 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. >> > >> > David Winsemius, MD >> > Heritage Laboratories >> > West Hartford, CT >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.
