[R] Is it possible to "right align" text in R graphics?

[Jeff Newmiller]

I don't know any language other than English, much less one written 
right-to-left, but a quick search shows that the RGtk2 package includes 
some support for such things.

My gut reaction is that right-to-left support would be highly device 
dependent, and since devices often interact closely with the OS, that 
support could well be affected by choice of and configuration of OS.

I recommend that your keep your mind open, and when someone indicates that 
your example works for them and shows OS/R version information to go along 
with that result (as recommended in the posting guide), you probably 
should respond with similar information since it appears to be relevant.

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012, Tal Galili wrote:

> Hi Duncan,
> Thank you for your reply.
> I am also using Win 7.
> And I would be surprised if this would be different in any OS.
>
> I guess the answer is that there is no way for making text in a graph in R
> be "right-to-left".
>
> Thanks again, and happy new year,
> Tal
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> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Duncan Mackay <mackay at northnet.com.au>wrote:
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>> Hi Tal
>>
>> I think it might be an OS problem whether it is a graphics as well I do
>> not know.
>>
>> I Just copied and pasted the line into R and it seems ok
>>
>> OS win 7
>> version
>> platform       i386-pc-mingw32
>> arch           i386
>> os             mingw32
>> system         i386, mingw32
>> status
>> major          2
>> minor          14.1
>> year           2011
>> month          12
>> day            22
>> svn rev        57956
>> language       R
>> version.string R version 2.14.1 (2011-12-22)
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Duncan Mackay
>> Department of Agronomy and Soil Science
>> University of New England
>> ARMIDALE NSW 2351
>> Email: home mackay at northnet.com.au
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>>
>> At 02:52 30/12/2011, you wrote:
>>
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>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> The following line of code includes a right-to-left language text, yet the
>>> R graphics engine displays it from left to right.  One problem this causes
>>> is when there are parenthesis in the test, here is a basic example?
>>>
>>> plot(1:10, main = "???????  (????????)")
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there a way to make sure the text is displayed from right to left?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for any suggestions,
>>> Tal
>>>
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