And look at the grconvertX and grconvertY functions for possibly ways to
compute positioning information when using text with base graphics.


On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:35 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius@comcast.net>wrote:

>
> On Jan 7, 2013, at 8:06 AM, Michael Rennie wrote:
>
>
>> Any thoughts on what that dirty hack might be or any leads on where to
>> start? Perhaps a whole new plot region in the margin or something? Is that
>> even possible? I'm having a difficult time imagining how I can do this.
>>
>
> The `text` function accepts the 'xpd' argument for `par`.
>
> ?par
> ?text
>
> (Similar but not exactly the same as R-FAQ "7.27 How can I create rotated
> axis labels?")
>
> I'm not sure what sort of "dirt" Uwe was expecting, but I'm guessing he
> meant that you probably were not going to be getting exactly what you
> wanted with the first attempt and were going to need to adjust the
> locations "by hand" after digging around in the par documentation.
>
> --
> David.
>
>  Mike
>>
>> Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 07.01.2013 07:00, Michael Rennie wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I have read through the archives, but can't find a solution to this
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> I need the text direction on "dependent B", plotted in margin 4, to go
>>>> top to bottom (opposite what it is now). Here's some sample code:
>>>>
>>>> #plot with mtext example
>>>>
>>>> par(mgp = c(2,1,0), mfrow=c(2,2), las=1, mar=c(2,2,2,2), omi=
>>>> c(0.5,0.2,0,0.2))
>>>>
>>>> a<-1:10
>>>> b<-7:16
>>>> c<-21:30
>>>>
>>>> plot(a~b, ylab="", xlab="", xaxt="n")
>>>> axis(1, at=b, labels=FALSE, tick=TRUE)
>>>> plot(c~b, ylab="", xlab="", xaxt="n", yaxt="n")
>>>> axis(1, at=b, labels=FALSE, tick=TRUE)
>>>> axis(4, at=c(22,24,26,28,30), labels=TRUE, tick=TRUE)
>>>> plot(a~b, ylab="")
>>>> plot(c~b, ylab="", yaxt="n")
>>>> axis(4, at=c(22,24,26,28,30), labels=TRUE, tick=TRUE)
>>>>
>>>> mtext(side=1, "independent", outer=TRUE, line=1, padj=1)
>>>> mtext(side=2, "dependent A", las=0, outer=TRUE, line=0.25)
>>>> mtext(side=4, "dependent B", las=0, outer=TRUE, line=0.25)
>>>>
>>>> I have seen an example in help where i can use text and (srt) to
>>>> manipulate this with a single panel plot, but not for a multi-panel
>>>> example. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You cannot do that with mtext, you rather need a dirty hack with text(),
>>> I believe.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
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