Uwe and Marc,
You two just made me smile in more then one way - thank you :)

Tal


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On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz@me.com> wrote:

>
> On Jan 23, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On 23.01.2010 16:56, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> >> On Jan 23, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 22.01.2010 21:26, Tal Galili wrote:
> >>>> Hello dear R help group,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I learned recently that one can change the rotation of labels in the
> axis,
> >>>> when using a lattice plot, for example:
> >>>>
> >>>> library(lattice)
> >>>> barchart(yield ~ variety , data = barley,
> >>>>          groups = year,
> >>>>          ylab = "Barley Yield (bushels/acre)",
> >>>>          scales = list(rot = 45))
> >>>>
> >>>> My question is: Is there an application of "rot" in something like
> barplot ?
> >>>> The only solution I know of is using "las = X" (X is 1,2, or 3)
> >>>> Is there another solution/hack for this ?
> >>>
> >>> No, by design there is just the "las" way ...
> >>>
> >>> Uwe Ligges
> >>
> >>
> >> Actually, there is a method and it is in the R FAQs:
> >>
> >>
> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-can-I-create-rotated-axis-labels_003f
> >
> >
> > Yes you are right, Marc, thank you!
> > I would not call this as "by design" and it sometimes need quite a lot
> fiddling if font sizes change.
> >
> > Best,
> > Uwe
>
>
> Quite right Uwe, it is not by design, but is consistent with:
>
>  library(fortunes)
>  fortune("yoda")
>
> ;-)
>
> As you note, it took some understanding and tweaking of base graphics
> parameters and such to get that method to work.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc
>
>

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