R help - Mar 2001 - rotated and/or greek mtext in pictex()?

Greetings-

I'm aware that there's no documentation for pictex available easily
(that
is, without purchasing it).  I'm wondering if someone can help me with a
simple task. When generating a plot using pictex() from R, one of the
commands I use is

mtext("Dimension 2: L=xxxx", side=2, line=3)

when using X11(), this appears vertically along the Y axis; when using
pictex(), it shows up horizontally. So, question 1:
- Is there any way to rotate text in PicTeX?

Also: I'd like L to be $\lambda$ in the above example. Right now I'm
editing the pictex file by hand - is there a more elegant way to handle
it?

Thanks.

 
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On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> Greetings-
>
> I'm aware that there's no documentation for pictex available easily
(that
> is, without purchasing it).  I'm wondering if someone can help me with
a
> simple task. When generating a plot using pictex() from R, one of the
> commands I use is
>
> mtext("Dimension 2: L=xxxx", side=2, line=3)
>
> when using X11(), this appears vertically along the Y axis; when using
> pictex(), it shows up horizontally. So, question 1:
> - Is there any way to rotate text in PicTeX?
The driver does claim to support it, and does put out different commands
for 90^o rotation. They don't work, it seems.
> Also: I'd like L to be $\lambda$ in the above example. Right now
I'm
> editing the pictex file by hand - is there a more elegant way to handle
> it?
You can use plotmath to do it, but that will not work in PicTeX.

Why are you using pictex (without a manual)?  I would have thought using
the xfig() driver and xfig itself was a less frustrating route.

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