[R] problem with multiple plots (mfrow, mar)

[Peter Neuhaus]

Greg Snow wrote:

> Use outer margins.  Try something like:
> 
>> par(mfrow=c(3,1), mar=c(0,4,0,2)+0.1, oma=c(5,0,3,0)+0.1 )
> 
> Then do your plots without resetting margins.

Thanks. Perfect! This little detail has been bothering me for quite a
while...

> Also you can use xaxt='n' rather than axes=FALSE to suppress just the x axis and not have to do the y axis and box by hand.

very helpful hint, too - will save me a lot of typing...