[R] color of plot axes involving POSIX types

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

plot.POSIXct doesn't have an `axes=FALSE' argument, but you can use
xaxt="n".  However, with your settings and my example I get a yellow
axis, so I can't reproduce this.


On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Richard Rowe wrote:

> I am attempting to plot frequency of occurrence against (calendar) time. As
> the output is to be produced as a Powerpoint picture on a dark background I
> wish to make the plot output yellow
>
>  > par(col="yellow", col.axis="yellow", col.lab="yellow", col.main="yellow")
>  > plot(t2, t1, ylim=c(0,40), main="Episynlestes run 2", ylab="frequency",
> type="h", axes=FALSE, lwd=2)
>
> where t2 is a vector of  POSIX type and t1 is the associated frequency.
> This works *except* that the x axis is printed ... and in black
>
>  > axis.POSIXct(1, t2, col="yellow")
>
> makes the x axis yellow by overwriting, so I can get what I want
> (fortunately I didn't post this earlier when I was tied in a knot), but it
> doesn't seem elegant.
>
> Any hints?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard
>
>
> Richard Rowe
> Senior Lecturer
> Department of Zoology and Tropical Ecology, James Cook University
> Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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