Uwe and Marc, You two just made me smile in more then one way - thank you :)
Tal ----------------Contact Details:------------------------------------------------------- Contact me: tal.gal...@gmail.com | 972-52-7275845 Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | www.r-statistics.com/ (English) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com> wrote: > > On Jan 23, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: > > > > > > > On 23.01.2010 16:56, Marc Schwartz wrote: > >> On Jan 23, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 22.01.2010 21:26, Tal Galili wrote: > >>>> Hello dear R help group, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I learned recently that one can change the rotation of labels in the > axis, > >>>> when using a lattice plot, for example: > >>>> > >>>> library(lattice) > >>>> barchart(yield ~ variety , data = barley, > >>>> groups = year, > >>>> ylab = "Barley Yield (bushels/acre)", > >>>> scales = list(rot = 45)) > >>>> > >>>> My question is: Is there an application of "rot" in something like > barplot ? > >>>> The only solution I know of is using "las = X" (X is 1,2, or 3) > >>>> Is there another solution/hack for this ? > >>> > >>> No, by design there is just the "las" way ... > >>> > >>> Uwe Ligges > >> > >> > >> Actually, there is a method and it is in the R FAQs: > >> > >> > http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-can-I-create-rotated-axis-labels_003f > > > > > > Yes you are right, Marc, thank you! > > I would not call this as "by design" and it sometimes need quite a lot > fiddling if font sizes change. > > > > Best, > > Uwe > > > Quite right Uwe, it is not by design, but is consistent with: > > library(fortunes) > fortune("yoda") > > ;-) > > As you note, it took some understanding and tweaking of base graphics > parameters and such to get that method to work. > > Cheers, > > Marc > > [[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.
