[R] Add notes to a graph

Ronnie Babigumira rb.glists at gmail.com
Mon Dec 26 23:18:10 CET 2005


Many thanks Peter, had actually tried that but was hoping there was something that could save me one extra line of code :-).

Cheers

Ronnie

P Ehlers wrote:
> Just use two title()s:
> 
> plot(1)
> title("Main Title", cex.main=2)
> title(sub = "sub title", cex.sub = 0.75, adj = 0)
> 
> Peter Ehlers
> 
> Ronnie Babigumira wrote:
>> Thank you all, ?sub did the trick. One more question, Is it possible 
>> to orientate the "sub title" independently from the   "main title".
>>
>> This is what I would like to do, add a title, label the axes, and add 
>> a small note to the bottom left of the plot area.
>>
>> |-----------------------|
>> |       Title     |
>> |     --------|
>> |     | my     |     |
>> |     | graph |     |
>> |     |     |     |
>> |     | ______|     |
>> |            |   
>> |            |
>> |note: source        |
>> |-----------------------|
>>
>> The example in the help file shows how I can add the title, sub, as 
>> well as tweak the size and color.
>> plot(1, col.axis = "sky blue", col.lab = "thistle")
>>     title("Main Title", sub = "sub title",
>>     cex.main = 2,   font.main= 4, col.main= "blue",
>>     cex.sub = 0.75, font.sub = 3, col.sub = "red")
>>
>> If I add adj = 0, I get what I want, however, both the title and the 
>> note (main and sub rspv) both get the same orientation. Any ideas on 
>> how one can go about this (adj.sub does not  work)
>>
>> Ronnie
>>
>> justin bem wrote:
>>
>>> Have you try ?legend
>>>  or ?text
>>>    Ronnie Babigumira <rb.glists at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>  Hi, I have done a search on this in vain. How can I add a note to 
>>> the foot of a graph example below
>>>
>>> |-----------------------|
>>> | Title |
>>> | -------- |
>>> | | my | |
>>> | | graph | |
>>> | | | |
>>> | | ______| |
>>> |note: source |
>>> |-----------------------|
>>>
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Ronnie
>>>
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