[R] figure with inset

[Uwe Ligges]

Pascal.Niklaus at unibas.ch wrote:

> I am trying to plot a figure within a figure (an inset that shows a closeup of
> part of the data set). I have searched R-help and other sources but not found a
> solution.

See the examples on the grid package by Paul Murrel in R News.

Uwe Ligges


> What I would like to do is
> 
> (1) produce a plot
> (2) specify a window that will be used for the next plot (in inches or using the
> coordinate system of the plot produced in (1)
> (3) overlay a new plot in the window specified under (2)
> 
> The result would be:
> 
> +----------------------+
> |                      |
> | first plot           |
> |       +--------+     |
> |       | inset  |     |
> |       +--------+     |
> |                      |
> +----------------------+
> 
> Thank you for your help
> 
> Pascal
> 
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