Thanks, Bert. I *did* mean crt, and I did read (and re-read) the man page. What I'm lacking, and the only thing I'm asking for, is a working example of the use of that parameter.
-- Mike On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hard to know what you want or did without code. > > But, a guess: did you want the "srt" parameter and not "crt"? > > Of course, it's always useful to read the man page, in this case for > ?par, where it says: > > (for crt): "A numerical value specifying (in degrees) how **single > characters** should be rotated. It is unwise to expect values other > than multiples of 90 to work. Compare with srt which does string > rotation." [note: "string" = several characters = text] > > > Cheers, > Bert > > Bert Gunter > > "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along > and sticking things into it." > -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > > On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Michael Hannon > <jmhannon.ucda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, folks. This is an issue that we've defined away, but I recently >> thought it would be useful to rotate characters in some marginal text >> in a base-R plot. I made a few stabs on using the "crt" parameter but >> was unsuccessful. >> >> I'm deliberately omitting details of my attempts, as I want just to >> focus on the following: if you know of any working example of the use >> of that parameter. will you please send me a link to it? Thanks. >> >> (Note that there are *many* links to Cathode Ray Tubes,) >> >> -- Mike >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.