[R] superscript in figures - basic question

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Martin Maechler wrote:

>>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Alspach <PAlspach at hortresearch.co.nz>
>>>>>>     on Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:11:47 +1200 writes:
>
>    Peter> Ben
>
>    Peter> Others have pointed out plotmath.  However, for some
>    Peter> superscripts (including 2) it may be easier to use
>    Peter> the appropriate escape sequence (at in Windows):
>
>    Peter> ylab = 'BA (m\262/ha)'
>
> but please refrain from doing that way.
> You should write R code that is portable, and ``plotmath''
> has been designed to be portable.  Windows escape codes are not,
> and may not even work in future (or current?) versions of
> Windows with `unusual' locale settings {fonts, etc}.

Indeed, it only works for superscript 2 and 3 and only in Western European 
locales (I just happened to be testing Korean).  Also, the spacing is not 
done as carefully as plotmath.

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