R help - May 2004 - changes to y-axis labels in lmList intervals plot

Dear List,

I am plotting lmList objects using plot(intervals()) in nlme 
package.  I want to make changes to the y-axis labels. When I 
try to change cex of y-axis labels using the following: 

fm1 <- lmList(distance ~ age | Subject, Orthodont)
plot(intervals(fm1), scales=list(y=list(cex = .7)))

I receive: Error in bwplot(formula = group ~ intervals | what, 
data = structure(list( : formal argument "scales" matched by 
multiple actual arguments

I have searched the documentation on Trellis and Lattice but 
can't seem to figure this out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Bill Dieterich

On Saturday 01 May 2004 17:08, William Dieterich wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I am plotting lmList objects using plot(intervals()) in nlme
> package.  I want to make changes to the y-axis labels. When I
> try to change cex of y-axis labels using the following:
>
> fm1 <- lmList(distance ~ age | Subject, Orthodont)
> plot(intervals(fm1), scales=list(y=list(cex = .7)))
>
> I receive: Error in bwplot(formula = group ~ intervals | what,
> data = structure(list( : formal argument "scales" matched by
> multiple actual arguments
As the error message suggests, the plot method supplies its own scales 
argument, which conflicts with the one you give. The only way out that 
I can think of (short of making changes to the plot method) is changing 
the global settings:
> lset(list(axis.text = list(cex = .7)))
> plot(intervals(fm1))
Unfortunately, this would change the x-axis cex as well.

If you don't want to make the change globally, and you are using R 
1.9.0, you could also do 
> plot(intervals(fm1), 
+      par.settings = list(axis.text = list(cex = .7)))

which has the effect of attaching the settings to the trellis object, 
and using them for the duration of the plotting.

HTH,

Deepayan