R devel - Dec 2012 - documentation for legend(): possible missing info for pch.

In the documentation for graphics::legend(), the entry for "pch" is:

 >      pch: the plotting symbols appearing in the legend, either as
           vector of 1-character strings, or one (multi character)
           string.  _Must_ be specified for symbol drawing.


If I did not misread them, examples in the same documentation page 
suggest that it is also possible to pass integers.


Best,


Laurent

On 07/12/2012 08:25, Laurent Gautier wrote:
> In the documentation for graphics::legend(), the entry for "pch"
is:
>
>  >      pch: the plotting symbols appearing in the legend, either as
>            vector of 1-character strings, or one (multi character)
>            string.  _Must_ be specified for symbol drawing.
>
>
> If I did not misread them, examples in the same documentation page
> suggest that it is also possible to pass integers.
The authors of legend() have not responded AFAICS.

It is possible to pass some integers, but 'pch = c(-1, 3, 4)' is not 
explained.   Strangely although ?points documents the interpretation of 
both positive and non-negative integers, legend() excludes negative ones.

I'll correct the docs, at least.

Thank you for the report.

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