Hi Bernd, Something like:
qplot(mpg, wt, data=mtcars) grid.gedit("xaxis::label::text", rot=45) should do the trick. The only problem is that the automatic sizing is set up to work with one orientation of labels. You might be able to fudge a solution by experimenting with hjust and vjust, and xlab="\n\nMy label" Hadley On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Bernd Ebersberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear R-tists, > > im an struggling with labeling ticks of the axis in a ggplot. > i would like to print the text associated with the ticks being ploted > with a 90 degree angle. > how can i possibly do this? > > cheers. > > bernd. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Bernd Ebersberger > Management Center Innsbruck, Austria > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- http://had.co.nz/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.