S-News readers,
I am using S-PLUS 6.2 on Windows XP, and I am creating multi-plot
figures for a journal article. I typically write scripts that contain
the appropriate commands (plot, points, lines, segments, etc.) to create
my multi-plot graphs (e.g., graphsheet(orientation="landscape"),
par(mfrow=c(2,2))). I need to create axis titles with subscripts and
superscripts. For example, "solar radiation (MJ m-2)", where the "-2"
is supposed to be superscripted. Although there are some ways to do
this via the command line (e.g. see the Insightful FAQ pages), they are
pretty cumbersome. Moreover, those procedures are really only useful
for a single plot. I have had good luck creating simple graphs via the
command line and then converting them to objects using the Format menu.
Then I can select the axis titles like the one above, and re-format them
using the GUI tools. Unfortunately, I've had no luck doing this for
more complicated graphs like the 4 panel graphs described above.
Converting them to objects seems to work OK, but I am not able to select
any of the text objects. In fact, when I try to click on them, they
seem to disappear. I've tried to use the "send to back" commands and
set background color to transparent, etc. but nothing seems to work.
Does anyone have experience in doing what I am trying to do and willing
to pass on some tips?
Thanks for your time and consideration.
-Paul
Paul A. Schwarz, Ph.D.
Department of Forest Science
Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5752
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