[R] changes to y-axis labels in lmList intervals plot

[Deepayan Sarkar]

On Saturday 01 May 2004 17:08, William Dieterich wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I am plotting lmList objects using plot(intervals()) in nlme
> package.  I want to make changes to the y-axis labels. When I
> try to change cex of y-axis labels using the following:
>
> fm1 <- lmList(distance ~ age | Subject, Orthodont)
> plot(intervals(fm1), scales=list(y=list(cex = .7)))
>
> I receive: Error in bwplot(formula = group ~ intervals | what,
> data = structure(list( : formal argument "scales" matched by
> multiple actual arguments

As the error message suggests, the plot method supplies its own scales 
argument, which conflicts with the one you give. The only way out that 
I can think of (short of making changes to the plot method) is changing 
the global settings:

> lset(list(axis.text = list(cex = .7)))
> plot(intervals(fm1))

Unfortunately, this would change the x-axis cex as well.

If you don't want to make the change globally, and you are using R 
1.9.0, you could also do 

> plot(intervals(fm1), 
+      par.settings = list(axis.text = list(cex = .7)))

which has the effect of attaching the settings to the trellis object, 
and using them for the duration of the plotting.

HTH,

Deepayan