R help - Oct 2008 - pass longer arguments to adj of text()

Hi,

text()'s pos does handle more dimensional labels, while adj does not -
or how can I pass an array to text() and use the adj argument (skyblue
text)?

plot(-1:1,-1:1)
text(c(0,0),c(0,0),c("a","b"),pos=c(1,2),col="red")
text(c(0,0),c(0,0),c("a","b"),adj=cbind(c(1,2),c(1,1)),col="skyblue")

Thomas

...and the offset argument can't handle arrays either:

text(c(0,0),c(0,0),c("a","b"),pos=c(1,2),offset=c(1,0.5),col="darkgreen")

The second argument does not have any effect.
Can I pass arrays to text and use diffent locations?
Thomas

PS: I use R version 2.5.0 (2007-04-23) under Win2000.

Why do you expect this to be vectorized when the help page clearly says 
otherwise?  See

      adj: one or two values in [0,1] which specify the x (and
           optionally y) adjustment of the labels.  On most devices
           values outside that interval will also work.

What is wrong with two or more text() calls?

NB: library(fortunes); fortune("WTFM") applies.


On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Thomas Steiner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> text()'s pos does handle more dimensional labels, while adj does not -
> or how can I pass an array to text() and use the adj argument (skyblue
> text)?
>
> plot(-1:1,-1:1)
>
text(c(0,0),c(0,0),c("a","b"),pos=c(1,2),col="red")
>
text(c(0,0),c(0,0),c("a","b"),adj=cbind(c(1,2),c(1,1)),col="skyblue")
>
> Thomas
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