[Rd] cex.axis in barplot() (PR#1070)

[Jerome Asselin]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Uwe Ligges wrote:

> jerome@stat.ubc.ca wrote:
> > 
> > Full_Name: Jerome Asselin
> > Version: 1.3.0
> > OS: Windows 98
> > Submission from: (NULL) (24.77.112.193)
> > 
> > I have a hard time to magnify the axis annotations in barplot()
> > Here are some examples:
> > 
> > #This one has no effect.
> > barplot(1:3,names.arg=1:3,cex.axis=3,xlab="x",ylab="y")
> 
> 
> >From the help:
>  ...  further graphical parameters (par) are passed to plot.window() and
> title(). 
> [let me add: ... and not to axis()...]

I did not realize that it wouldn't work because barplot() passes the
parameters to plot.window() or title(). Sorry about that.

> 
> But you can use:
> 
>  par(cex.axis=3)
>  barplot(1:3, names.arg=1:3, xlab="x", ylab="y")
> 

Thanks for the tip!

Jerome Asselin

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