R help - Jun 2005 - identify label format problem

Hi ,

I am attempting to format the 'identify' function labels.
I can format the colour but the 'cex' parameter appears not to work
for me.

example--
> x<-1:5
> y<-1:5
> plot(x,y)
> identify(x,y,cex=0.5,col=2)
[1] 3

The label is coloured red but the 'cex=0.5' does not reduce 
the label size. Why not,, am I doing it wrong ?

> version
         _              
platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch     i386           
os       mingw32        
system   i386, mingw32  
status                  
major    2              
minor    1.0            
year     2005           
month    04             
day      18             
language R     

Thanks for any help,

John

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, John Wilkinson (pipex) wrote:
> I am attempting to format the 'identify' function labels.
> I can format the colour but the 'cex' parameter appears not to work
> for me.
>
> example--
>
>> x<-1:5
>> y<-1:5
>> plot(x,y)
>> identify(x,y,cex=0.5,col=2)
> [1] 3
>
> The label is coloured red but the 'cex=0.5' does not reduce
> the label size. Why not,, am I doing it wrong ?
This is one of the longest-standing reported bugs in R:

http://r-bugs.biostat.ku.dk/cgi-bin/R/Graphics?id=660;user=guest

Since it has been reported for nearly five years, I would not expect a fix 
anytime soon.

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