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

In haddonm/r4cpue: Functions to assist with CPUE standardization

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,
  usefont = 7,
  cex = 0.85,
  newdev = TRUE,
  filename = "",
  resol = 300,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

width	defaults to 6 inches = 15.24cm - width of plot
height	defaults to 3 inches = 7.62cm - height of plot
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
newdev	reuse a previously defined graphics device or make a new one; defaults to TRUE
filename	defaults to "" = do not save to a filename. If a filename is
resol	the resolution of the png file, if there is one, default=300
verbose	comments to the connsole, default = TRUE

Value

Checks for and sets up a graphics device and sets the default plotting par values. oldpar values returned invisibly

Examples

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

haddonm/r4cpue documentation built on May 11, 2020, 1:31 a.m.