plotprep: plotprep: sets up a window and the par values for a single...

In haddonm/datalowSA: A Package to Faciliate Application of Data poor Stock Assessments

plotprep: sets up a window and the par values for a single plot

Description

plotprep: sets up a window and the par values for a single plot. it checks to see if a graphics device is open and opens a new one if not. This is simply a utility function to save typing the standard syntax. Some of the defaults can be changed. Typing the name without () will provide a template for modification. If 'windows' is called repeatedly this will generate a new active graphics device each time leaving the older ones inactive but present. For quick exploratory plots this behaviour is not wanted, hence the check if an active device exists already or not.

Usage

plotprep(
  width = 6,
  height = 3.6,
  plots = c(1, 1),
  usefont = 7,
  cex = 0.85,
  xmtext = TRUE,
  ymtext = TRUE,
  newdev = TRUE,
  rows = TRUE,
  filename = ""
)

Arguments

width	defaults to 6 inches = 15.24cm - width of plot
height	defaults to 3 inches = 7.62cm - height of plot
plots	defaults to c(1,1), but arranges multiple plots. If used it may be necessary to print out this code and adjust the mai and oma variables
usefont	default is 7 (bold Times); 1 = sans serif, 2 = sans serif bold
cex	default is 0.85, the size of font used for text within the plots
xmtext	default is TRUE; if plots is not c(1,1) this alters the mai and oma variables for the x-axis to allow for mtexting and avoid the x title
ymtext	default is TRUE; if plots is not c(1,1) this alters the mai and oma variables for the y-axis to allow for mtexting and avoid the y title
newdev	reuse a previously defined graphics device or make a new one; defaults to TRUE
rows	defaults to TRUE, determines whether to use mfrow or mfcol
filename	defaults to "" = do not save to a filename. If a filename is

Value

Checks for and sets up a graphics device and sets the default plotting par values. This changes the current plotting options!

Examples

x <- rnorm(1000,mean=0,sd=1.0)
plotprep()
hist(x,breaks=30,main="",col=2)

haddonm/datalowSA documentation built on Nov. 5, 2023, 6:40 p.m.