R devel - Jun 2009 - The default position of plot title

Dear R-developers,

It seems to me that the position of title is usually at the bottom of
a plot in sociological and political science books and articles. I
wonder if the same convention applies in other disciplines. If yes, is
it reasonable to change the default position of main title of plot
function?

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HUANG Ronggui, Wincent
PhD Candidate
Dept of Public and Social Administration
City University of Hong Kong
Home page: http://asrr.r-forge.r-project.org/rghuang.html

ronggui-2 wrote:
> 
> Dear R-developers,
> 
> It seems to me that the position of title is usually at the bottom of
> a plot in sociological and political science books and articles. I
> wonder if the same convention applies in other disciplines. If yes, is
> it reasonable to change the default position of main title of plot
> function?
> 
> 
  I'm not an R developer, but:

 * in my field (biology/ecology), it's at the top.
 * it doesn't seem that hard to put the titles where you want with mtext()
 * changing this would have major backward-compatibility/surprise issues
for all the other users who expect the title to be at the top ...

  Ben Bolker

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