[R] a question about taylor.diagram in plotrix package

[baydap]

Dear Jim,

Your solution works very well. I am an R beginner, and I did not
realize that I could modify a function in a package.
Thank you very much.

Regards,
Peng

On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Jim Lemon <jim at bitwrit.com.au> wrote:
> On 01/21/2012 01:08 AM, baydap wrote:
>>
>> Hi. I have a question about the taylor.diagram() in plotrix package. How
>> can
>> I control the label "correlation"?  In the embedded figure you can see the
>> label "correlation" is too close to the ticks. How can I move it and make
>> it
>> larger?
>> Another problem is the labels "0.95" and "0.99" are too close to the
>> plotting area. I do not find any method to control it.
>>
>> I have been struggling in this problem for a long time. Thanks a lot if
>> anyone can help.
>> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4313328/taylor.png
>>
> Hi baydap,
> I'm not sure why the labels are coming out so close to the outer
> circumference, it may be your plotting device. I have noticed that text size
> and spacing changes quite a bit between devices. The quickest way out is to
> alter the code a bit. Change these lines:
>
>   text(cos(c(bigtickangles,acos(c(0.95,0.99))))*1.05*maxsd,
>    sin(c(bigtickangles,acos(c(0.95,0.99))))*1.05*maxsd,
>    c(seq(0.1,0.9,by=0.1),0.95,0.99))
>   text(maxsd*0.75,maxsd*0.8,"Correlation")
>
> to:
>
>   text(cos(c(bigtickangles,acos(c(0.95,0.99))))*1.1*maxsd,
>    sin(c(bigtickangles,acos(c(0.95,0.99))))*1.05*maxsd,
>    c(seq(0.1,0.9,by=0.1),0.95,0.99))
>   text(maxsd*0.85,maxsd*0.8,"Correlation")
>
> change the function name to something like taylor.diagram2 and source the
> new function after loading plotrix and before running your code.
>
> Jim