[Rd] Re: (PR#7005) X11 , plot(...expression(...)): missing parentheses

[cyril.humbert at univ-mlv.fr]

Martin Maechler wrote:
> >>>>> "humbertc" == humbertc  <humbertc at univ-mlv.fr>
> >>>>>     on Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:16:58 +0200 (CEST) writes:
> 
>     humbertc> Full_Name: Cyril Humbert
>     humbertc> Version: 1.9.1
>     humbertc> OS: Debian GNU/Linux (i386)
>     humbertc> Submission from: (NULL) (193.50.159.2)
> 
> 
>     humbertc> Hello,
>     humbertc> For the X11 graphic device, parentheses are not displayed in 
>     humbertc> labels for constructions like:
> 
>     humbertc> X11()
>     humbertc> plot(0,0, ylab=expression(f(x)))
> 
>     humbertc> In this case, ylabel shows : 'yx' and not 'y(x)' as expected.
>     humbertc> The same problem appears also with 'xlab' and 'sub' but not
>     humbertc> with 'main':
> 
>     humbertc> X11()
>     humbertc> plot(0,0, xlab=expression(x(t)), ylab=expression(y(t)), 
>     humbertc>      main=expression(m(t)), sub=expression(s(t)))
> 
> I assume this could be some kind of font (server) problem with
> your X11 / Xserver setup.
> 
> For me (also Linux, R 1.9.1) all the parentheses display fine.
> and I'm pretty sure they do for most people or we would have
> heard about it earlier.
> --
> Martin Maechler

Yes, you're right: I've tried the same example on another machine
and the parentheses are correctly displayed. Sorry...

-- 
Cyril Humbert