Much thanks David and Peter I thought about mtext, but didn't try it, as was unsure what the appropriate 'side' value would be. Any thoughts?
Cheers Geoff -----Original Message----- From: Peter Ehlers [mailto:ehl...@ucalgary.ca] Sent: Wednesday, 7 October 2009 1:43 AM To: David Winsemius Cc: Geoffrey William Heard; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] 'persp' query David Winsemius wrote: > > On Oct 6, 2009, at 4:46 AM, Geoffrey William Heard wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> I'm creating some 3-D plots using the function 'persp', and have a >> query regarding the ability to make changes to the label of the z-axis. >> >> There are two things I would like to do. First, the default setting >> places the label a little close to the axis for my liking. Is there >> any way of moving the label? I've tried adjustments with 'mgp' in >> 'par', but without success. The second is to change the direction of >> the label. Currently it reads top to bottom, whereas I would like it >> to read bottom to top, as per a y-axis on a standard plot. Is there >> anyway of doing so? > > ?mtext # and use the adj argument > Good idea. This works well if your z-axis is fairly vertical on you plot. -Peter Ehlers ______________________________________________ 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.