On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 09:48, Uwe Ligges wrote: > Marc Schwartz wrote: <snip>
> > > > OK...well, let me think "outside the polygon" for a moment. Notice that > > I did not say "box", as the shape is not quite fixed yet.... ;-) > > > > First, I would not twist your arm on this. There is an option already > > that solves the problem and provides a great deal of flexibility, as I > > described in my initial reply in the r-help thread and as others have > > referenced in prior posts. A new FAQ on this might not be a bad idea > > however. > > > > Second, in scanning do_axis() in plot.c, I wonder if (in any body's > > mind) it might be easier in some fashion to modify axis() by adding a > > 'srt' argument? The comments in the relevant sections of the switch() > > code are: > > > > /* The order of processing is important here. */ > > /* We must ensure that the labels are drawn left-to-right. */ > > /* The logic here is getting way too convoluted. */ > > /* This needs a serious rewrite. */ > > > > If a rewrite is to occur at some point (perhaps as a better use of > > time), one could feasibly add a check such that if 'srt' is specified in > > the call to axis (or perhaps the higher level plots as part of the '...' > > argument), do_text() is used (with sensible defaults for 'x,' y', 'xpd', > > 'mar', etc.) instead of GMMathText() and/or GMtext() as it is at > > present? > > a) "This needs a serious rewrite" means that it needs a serious rewrite. ;-) OK...no more joking around then... ;-) > b) if do_text is used, you have to deal with the clipping stuff again. which is why a change in 'xpd' would be required as I mentioned. > c) It is very easy to do it in GMText, since "angle" is used anyway to > rotate the text. > As an example, replace in GMtext (graphics.c) all lines containing angle > = ... by, e.g., angle = 45 and play around. Just the wrappers have to be > modified a little bit. It's work of half a day, if nobody expects that > something very fuzzy happens ... OK...just thought that I would raise it for consideration. As Roseanne Rosanna-Danna would say: "Never Mind"... :-) Thanks Uwe. Marc ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
