[R-SIG-Mac] R, Unicode, and OS X

[George W. Gilchrist]

Is it possible to enter a unicode string and get the corresponding  
character using R on OS X? For example, points(x, y, pch="\u2642") is  
alleged to plot the male symbol (available on my system in several  
fonts) at points x and y , but what I get in R is "u2642". I can  
enter the hex string and get the character in Illustrator, but have  
not figured it out in R. Thanks for any advice.

Cheers, George
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George W. Gilchrist                        Email #1: gwgilc at wm.edu
Department of Biology, Box 8795          Email #2: kitesci at cox.net
College of William & Mary                    Phone: (757) 221-7751
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