When doing: par(mfrow=c(2,2),mgp=c(2,1,0),mai=c(1,1,0.3,0.3)/1.5,oma=c(2,2,0,0)) for (i in 1:4) plot(rnorm(200),rnorm(200),ylab=" ",xlab=" ") mtext(paste(expression(beta-alpha)),outer=T,side=1,line=0.5) mtext(paste(expression(beta-gamma)),outer=T,side=2,line=0.5) mtext("beta-alpha",outer=T,side=1,line=0.5) mtext("beta-gamma",outer=T,side=2,line=0.5) the greek letters appear in the margins of the last plot whereas the plain text appear correctly in the outer margins. --please do not edit the information below-- Version: platform = Windows arch = x86 os = Win32 system = x86, Win32 status = status.rev = 0 major = 0 minor = 64.2 year = 1999 month = July day = 3 language = R Windows NT 4.0 (build 1381) Service Pack 4 Search Path: .GlobalEnv, Autoloads, package:base \\\|/// \\ - - / ( @ @ ) +------------------o00o-(_)-o00o----------------------+ | Bendix Carstensen tel: +45 44 43 87 38 | | Senior Statistician SDC: +45 44 43 90 42 | | Steno Diabetes Center fax: +45 44 43 82 32 | | Niels Steensens Vej 2 e-mail: bxc@novo.dk | | DK - 2820 Gentofte | | Denmark Ooooo | +------------------ooooO----( )---------------------+ ( ) ) / \ ( (_/ \_) -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._