[R] Accents in R

[Peter Dalgaard]

Xavier Fernández i Marín <xavier.fim at eresmas.net> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> How can I include accents and signs like 'ñ' 'à' in the plots generated by R?
> 
> I try, but R automatically transforms the name 
> ex:
> > countries <- c("México", "España")

> > countries
> [1] "M\216éxico" "Espa\216ña"
> >
> 
> I've seen in some Spanish texts about R how is it normal to include labels of 
> the plots and other names with accents, but I can't.
> 
> I'm using R 1.8.0 in a Mandrake 9.0

You'll need to get rid of UTF-8 encoding, since R doesn't know how to
deal with it. I'm not sure of the details on Mandrake, but I suspect
you need to diddle /etc/sysconfig/i18n or set some environment
variables (among the ones listed by "locale").

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