[R] using axis with newline characters

[andreas.krause@pharma.novartis.com]

Wondering if I missed anything or if that's a problem with R:
I want to have many x axis tickmarks and labels such that it makes sense to put them on multiple "lines".
The newline character seems to be ignored though for axis labels:

plot(1:33, axes=F)
axis(1, 9, 9)
axis(1, 11, "\n11")
axis(1)

# whereas
title("one\ntwo")

works as I expect it to work.
In addition there is a little hook on top of the tickmark (the upper end of the vertical dash) that seems to be unintended.

Best regards,

      Andreas Krause

PS. R version 1.4.1 on Red Hat Linux.

PPS. One way to do what I want to achieve is to use axis with the line parameter, but this requires breaking up the labels.


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