Re: [R] Code \255 no longer working to produce a short dash in base R PDF graphs

2025-02-21 Thread Paul Sherliker via R-help
Ivan Krylov wrote: >> text(1, 11, "baseline\255defined") >> text(1, 9, "done") >> graphics.off() >> >> They like that dash - but I never knew what it was called. >> >> Recently work updated my PC to the latest version of Windows, and, >> perforce, I updated to the latest version of R (4.4.

Re: [R] Code \255 no longer working to produce a short dash in base R PDF graphs

2025-02-20 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 2025-02-19 6:36 a.m., Paul Sherliker via R-help wrote: I make graphs, in large quantities, for perfectionists. My bosses do not like the results of text like 'baseline-defined' in graphs; they feel that the resulting dash is too long. For many years, I have been in the habit of producing gr

Re: [R] Code \255 no longer working to produce a short dash in base R PDF graphs

2025-02-20 Thread Ivan Krylov via R-help
В Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:36:15 + Paul Sherliker via R-help пишет: > text(1, 11, "baseline\255defined") > text(1, 9, "done") > graphics.off() > > They like that dash - but I never knew what it was called. > > Recently work updated my PC to the latest version of Windows, and, > perforce, I updat

[R] Code \255 no longer working to produce a short dash in base R PDF graphs

2025-02-20 Thread Paul Sherliker via R-help
I make graphs, in large quantities, for perfectionists. My bosses do not like the results of text like 'baseline-defined' in graphs; they feel that the resulting dash is too long. For many years, I have been in the habit of producing graphs with shorter dashes as follows: pdf("myfile.pdf") plo