R help - Mar 2007 - sort argument in mosaicplot

Dear R-help,

I do not understand how to use the "sort" argument in mosaicplot().
 From the documentation sort is a "vector ordering of the variables,
containing a permutation of the integers 1:length(dim(x)) (the default)."

x <- matrix(1:4,2,2)
mosaicplot(x)
# This one is OK
mosaicplot(x, sort = 1:length(dim(x)) )
# Not OK, I have the following error message:
Erreur dans mosaicplot.default(x, sort = 1:length(dim(x))) :
         objet "label" non trouv?

which means that the object "label" was not found in
mosaicplot.default().

How can I change the ordering of variables in mosaicplot() ?

Best,
>  sessionInfo()
R version 2.4.1 (2006-12-18)
i386-apple-darwin8.8.1

locale:
C

attached base packages:
[1] "stats"     "graphics"  "grDevices"
"utils"     "datasets"  "methods"
[7] "base"
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>x <- matrix(1:4,2,2)
>mosaicplot(x)
># This one is OK
>mosaicplot(x, sort = 1:length(dim(x)) )
># Not OK, I have the following error message:
>Erreur dans mosaicplot.default(x, sort = 1:length(dim(x))) :
>         objet "label" non trouv?
More info on this:

i) I was told by a colleague that it was working under the
(obsolete) R 2.4.0. I have checked this with our RWeb sever which
is still under R 2.4.0 and it is true that
mosaicplot(x, sort = 1:length(dim(x)) ) works.

ii) I have tried the same code after sourcing the file at
https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/graphics/R/mosaicplot.R
and I have the same error message saying that the object
"label" was not found.

So, is it a fortune(2) issue or something I have missed in
the sort argument of mosaicplot() ? I have searched for the
word "mosaicplot" in the "2.4 SERIES NEWS" and found only
one
occurrence in the changes in R version 2.2.0 saying
"The default mosaicplot() method by default draws grey boxes"
that does not seem to be related to the sort argument.
I have also searched for the word "sort", but none seems to
be related to the sort agument of mosaicplot().


Best,

BTW, a completely unrelated question: is it possible to
turn on/turn off temporarilly (i.e. without quitting
the R session) the locale settings so as
to get error and warning messages reported in english?
-- 
Jean R. Lobry            (lobry at biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr)
Laboratoire BBE-CNRS-UMR-5558, Univ. C. Bernard - LYON I,
43 Bd 11/11/1918, F-69622 VILLEURBANNE CEDEX, FRANCE
allo  : +33 472 43 27 56     fax    : +33 472 43 13 88
http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/members/lobry/