[R] coplot and par

[Mihai Nica]

Yes, I was trying cex.lab(). Now I understand why it didn't work.

Sincerely,

Mihai Nica
Jackson State University
155 B Parkhurst Dr.
Jackson, MS 39202
601 969 5423
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Prof Brian Ripley" <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
To: "Mihai Nica" <m_nica at hotmail.com>
Cc: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: [R] coplot and par


> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Mihai Nica wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > > This is the only explanation that I have for being unable to use par()
with
> > > coplot for changing the way the xlab and ylab appears.
> >
> > xlab and ylab are not part of par -- see its help page.
> >
> > > From within coplot I can change the text itself but not the font,
> > > fontsize, etc, but par() before coplot has absolutely no effect
> > > wahtsoever (maybe it isn't supposed to?).
> > >
> > > I guess the question is: how can one change the way the xlab and ylab
appear
> > > on a coplot?
> >
> > They are listed as arguments to coplot, and work for me when given
there.
>
> Although you didn't mention them at all, did you mean specifying cex.lab
> and font.lab?   They do not work as the xlab and ylab in coplot are not
> `x and y labels' in the sense used in ?par: they are placed by mtext() not
> title().
>
> -- 
> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
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>
>
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