[R] permil symbol linux

[mathew brown]

To all in R land,

Here is what I would like to do.
x = c(1:10)
y = c(1:10)
plot(x,y)
mtext(side=2, line=1.5, expression(""*delta*""^18*"O [permill]"), cex=1, adj=0.5)

That's it. Except I would like to replace "permill" with the symbol.
Thanks for the help


On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:07:55 +0100 (BST)
Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> You still have not sent the information requested in the posting 
> guide, and I do not know your target device nor locale, nor is that a 
> reproducible example.
> 
> Please learn some respect for the time of the helpers here (and for 
> all the work that went into making this possible in R).
> 
> On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, mathew brown wrote:
> 
> > Good point.
> >
> > Here is the code
> > plot(dat$timestamp,dat$delta_18_16, ylab="", xlab="(min)", tck=0.05, col="blue")
> > mtext(side=2, line=1.5, expression(""*delta*""^18*"O [\u0089]"), cex=1, adj=0.5)
> >
> > I'm still not sure how to get your code to work.
> 
> Unsurprising, as you have not seen *my* code.
> 
> > thanks
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:45:49 +0100 (BST)
> > Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, mathew brown wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>
> >>> I'm trying to figure out how to make a plot with ylab showing the
> >>> permil symbol. Anyone know how to do this?
> >>
> >> Yes.
> >>
> >> Now, it you would follow the posting guide and give the 'at a minimum'
> >> information you were asked for, and the graphics device you want to
> >> use, we might be able to tell you more precisely how.
> >>
> >> Hint: that symbol is "\u0089", and also in latin-1.
> >>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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> >
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> > Mathew Brown
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> > University of Göttingen
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> >
> 
> -- 
> 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)
> 1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595


-- 
Mathew Brown
Institute of Bioclimatology
University of Göttingen
Büsgenweg 2
37077 Göttingen, Germany
t: +49 551 39 9359
mathew.brown at forst.uni-goettingen.de