I've found that if you want really fine control over an issue like this in a chart, the easiest thing to do is to export it as PDF, and then directly edit the chart in Illustrator (not free) or Inkscape (free).
On 7 July 2014 10:21, Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) < [email protected]> wrote: > I tried this: > > library(metafor) > data(dat.bcg) > res <- rma(measure="RR", ai=tpos, bi=tneg, ci=cpos, di=cneg, data=dat.bcg, > slab=paste(author, year, sep=", ")) > options(OutDec="\xB7") > forest(res) > > No warning, no scrambling, and all decimals shown in midline (also on the > x-axis). But this is on Windows. > > My guess it's a font issue. There may be others that can give more useful > advice. > > Best, > Wolfgang > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dietlinde Schmidt [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 10:09 > > To: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT); [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to > > midline decimal > > > > Thanks for that link, Wolfgang. Unfortunately, there comes the Warning > > with it: > > "(process:3634): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to > > pango_layout_set_text()" > > and decimal being "scrambled" in forest plot and not displaying the > > midline decimal. > > > > I think it has to do with the fact, that only 1-byte-codes are allowed > > for options(OutDec="\xB7"). > > Or does it have to do with me using Ubuntu? > > > > Apart from that the options-command does not seem to change the decimal > > of values on the "true" x-axis under the plot. > > > > Still searching for a solution. > > > > Cheers, > > Linde > > > > Am 05.07.2014 19:06, schrieb Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT): > > > I found this: > > > > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2012-August/321057.html > > > > > > So, use this before drawing the forest plot: > > > > > > options(OutDec="\xB7") > > > > > > Best, > > > Wolfgang > > > > > > -- > > > Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Ph.D., Statistician > > > Department of Psychiatry and Psychology > > > School for Mental Health and Neuroscience > > > Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences > > > Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616 (VIJV1) > > > 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands > > > +31 (43) 388-4170 | http://www.wvbauer.com > > > ________________________________________ > > > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Dietlinde Schmidt [[email protected]] > > > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 3:07 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [R] metafor package: changing decimal in forest plot to > > midline decimal > > > > > > Dear R-Community, > > > > > > I need to change the punctuation of the reported weights, effect sizes > > > and confidence intervals in a forest plot created with the > > > forest()-function in the metafor-package. > > > > > > Midline decimal means that it looks like this (23*6) rather than that > > > (23.6). > > > > > > Do I need to change the forest()-function and if yes which part > > exactly? > > > Or is there an otherway how I can do it maybe by changing the > > > rma()-function, of which the forest()-function is then applied to? > > > > > > Thanks for any hints and tipps! > > > > > > Cheers, Linde > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > [email protected] 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. > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
