[Rd] ylab in time series plot (PR#2869)

[Ed Kademan]

Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:

> > How do you specify a ylab parameter to a time series plot without
> > generating a warning?
> 
> [This is not a time-series plot!  You are plotting against a date-time 
> object, and this has nothing to do with a time series: the object does not 
> even have to be in data order.]
> 
> You are not able to, but nowhere is it stated that you can -- so it is not 
> a bug.

Thank you for your quick response.  I was using the phrase "time
series" in a more general way and did not mean to imply that it was a
particular type of R object.

This doesn't solve my problem but I have already found an ugly
work-around and maybe I will ask the question on r-help.