Good point. Here is the code plot(dat$timestamp,dat$delta_18_16, ylab="", xlab="(min)", tck=0.05, col="blue") mtext(side=2, line=1.5, expression(""*delta*""^18*"O [\u0089]"), cex=1, adj=0.5)
I'm still not sure how to get your code to work. thanks On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:45:49 +0100 (BST) Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, mathew brown wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to figure out how to make a plot with ylab showing the > > permil symbol. Anyone know how to do this? > > Yes. > > Now, it you would follow the posting guide and give the 'at a minimum' > information you were asked for, and the graphics device you want to > use, we might be able to tell you more precisely how. > > Hint: that symbol is "\u0089", and also in latin-1. > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 -- Mathew Brown Institute of Bioclimatology University of Göttingen Büsgenweg 2 37077 Göttingen, Germany t: +49 551 39 9359 mathew.br...@forst.uni-goettingen.de ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.