I have, it doesn't seem to make a difference. It looks like the problem concerns the PDF output device being used from Rscript as opposed to quartz in R.app.
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:26 PM, R Erickson <raerick...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mylke, > > Have you tried using the "\u###" tool, where ### is the Unicode number? For > example, > > plot(c(1:10) ~ c(1:10), main="\u2202 foobie bletch \u0192") > > produces a del character and italics function "f". You may wish to use > different Unicode characters, but these were the first character codes I > found. > > To look up the Unicode numbers, I personally like to use the "insert special > characters" tool in Pages, which may be found at: > > Edit -> Special characters > > Alternatively, a web search for "Unicode characters" should give you several > sites to find this information at as well. > > Hope this helps! > > Richard Erickson > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Michael Hoban <mho...@ucsc.edu> wrote: >> >> Hi all- >> >> I tried searching before posting, but this is one of those tricky >> questions to search for. My issue is this: within the R.app gui, I can >> use extended characters in plot labels without any issue (specifically >> in my case the ∂, lowercase delta), for example: >> >> > plot(c(1:10) ~ c(1:10), main="∂foobie bletchƒ") >> >> However, when I try to do the same in a script from the terminal >> (interpreted by Rscript), I get a bunch of errors related to character >> encoding: >> .... >> conversion failure on '∂foobie bletchƒ' in 'mbcsToSbcs': dot >> substituted for <e2> >> .... >> >> Is there a way to make this work? Or is Rscript not equipped to handle >> multibyte characters? >> >> thanks in advance, >> >> _mykle >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
