FW: [R] How do I insert a newline in my title in a plot?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Christos Rodopoulos wrote:

> 
> yes I have tries, and nothing. It just shows the strings with the slashn,
> just like i typed it.

Please consult the R posting guide and give us some basic information
such as version of R, platform, graphics device and so on.

> plot(1:10)
> title("this is a title\nIn 2 lines")

should work, and does for me on Windows and Linux.  I dimly remember it
did not on a Mac at one point.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rashid Nassar [mailto:rnassar at duke.edu]
> Sent: ÐÝì?ôç, 16 Óå?ôåìâñßïõ 2004 15:44
> To: Christos Rodopoulos
> Subject: Re: [R] How do I insert a newline in my title in a plot?
> 
> 
> Have you not tried what you have already suggested:
> 
>    title("this is a title\nIn 2 lines")
> ?
> 
> 
> On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Christos Rodopoulos wrote:
> 
> >  Hello, I want to help me with a simple I think question: How do I insert
> a
> > newline into the title of a plot I have made?
> >
> >  Is it only done with hershey fonts? vfont = ??? and so on? I do not
> > understand Hershey fonts, and I am afraid to use them, since I use greek
> > fonts (iso8859-7).
> >
> >  I need propably something like: title("This is a title\nIn 2 lines");
> >
> >  any help?
> >
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> >
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