[Rd] Mac OS 10 (not X11) failure to rotate symbols (PR#3602)

Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Mon Aug 4 08:36:58 MEST 2003


This is not a bug: it is documented.  Please read what help(par) says
about rotation under crt.

I have already pointed this out to you (twice), as well as the fact that
there is no `R version 1.71' and that that port of R is now frozen.

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 p.b.pynsent at bham.ac.uk wrote:

> 
> In the following code the arrow symbols do not rotate with the text on 
> the Mac OS window,  however the do rotate on X11 port on Mac OS.
> (R version 1.71)
> x <- c(0,10.)
> y <- c(0,10.)
> offset <- 3
> centre <- 5
> plot(x,y, xlim=range(x), ylim=range(y),type="n", xlab="",ylab="", 
> main="",xaxt="n",yaxt="n")
> for (i in (seq(0, 340, by=45))	)
> 	{
> 	px <- centre + cos((i*pi)/180) * offset
> 	py <- centre + sin((i*pi)/180) * offset
> 	text(px, py,
> 	labels=substitute(that%->%phantom(1),list(that=i)), pos=1, col="blue", 
> cex=0.7, srt=i)
> 	text(px, py,
> 	labels=substitute(that%<-%phantom(1),list(that=i)), pos=3, 
> col="blue",cex=0.7,srt=i)
> 	lines(px, py, type="p", col="black") #just for reference
> 	}
> 
> Many thanks.
> Paul
> 
> 
> Dr. P. B. Pynsent,
> Research and Teaching Centre,
> Royal Orthopaedic Hospital,
> Birmingham, B31 2AP, U.K.
> 
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