[R] I've forgotten, why is box() the default?

2004-08-31 Thread Simon Fear
I've searched on CRAN for axes, axis, and other terms I've already forgotten, without (re)discovering the reason for S using non-joining axes by default, instead of box(l). MASS points me towards Cleveland (1993) but I don't have ready access to this any more. Could someone give me a

Re: [R] I've forgotten, why is box() the default?

2004-08-31 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:13:49 +0100, Simon Fear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : I've searched on CRAN for axes, axis, and other terms I've already forgotten, without (re)discovering the reason for S using non-joining axes by default, instead of box(l). MASS points me towards Cleveland (1993) but I

RE: [R] I've forgotten, why is box() the default?

2004-08-31 Thread Simon Fear
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Re: [R] I've forgotten, why is box() the default?

2004-08-31 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:02:13 +0100, Simon Fear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Not helped by my typo and being in a rush! It's true that plot.default and surely many others do a box, since par(bty) [1] o But this isn't what happens if you do things via axis() ... (see first example in help(axis)).