On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> R is trying to do device-independent graphics and produce the same
> annotation output on any graphics device. It assumes that when you
> write '$' you want a dollar sign, and so on. Also, it needs to be
> able to render the text to find its bounding box (and baseline) and
> so place it accurately. The necessary escaping is done in C in the
> pictex() device, and it is not optional. You would need to make a
> modified version of the pictex() device to alter this, but you would
> still have the problem that the precise placement is done at a much
> higher level in code common to all devices.
Ah, OK, thank you. So, necessity being the mother of invention, I've
worked around this with
hist(Peaklist$V3,xlab="\\histogramxlabel",ylab="\\histogramylabel")
then put in my LaTeX file
\newcommand{\histogramxlabel}{Height $z/\ut{mm}$}
\newcommand{\histogramylabel}{Probability density $\phi{}(z-z_0)/(1/\ut{mm})$}
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Thanks again,
Dan Hatton
<http://www.bib.hatton.btinternet.co.uk/dan/>
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