[R] rotating points on a plot

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Richard E. Glor wrote:

> Anybody know how to rotate shapes generated with the 'points' function?  I'm 
> trying to place points around a radial diagram such that the y-axis of 
> individual shapes are oriented with the radii of the circle rather than the 
> y-axis of the larger plot area.  Perhaps something analogous to the 'srt' and 
> 'crt' functions for text that appear under 'par'?

There is no provision for this in the graphics engine.  Assuming you are 
talking about pch=1:14, they are just drawn as line segments and could be 
done at R level by lines().  So I suggest writing an R-level emulation and 
rotating the coordinate system in your emulation.

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