R help - Apr 2010 - Rotating Titles

Hi All,

I am looking for help in rotating species titles produced using the
strat.plot( ) function in the rioja package.  This function produces a
stratigraphic plot of paleoenvironmental data.  Currently the titles of each
species are plotted vertically while they are typically plotted at a 45
degree angle in other programs.  Does anyone have any idea of how to rotates
these titles?

Below is an example plot (taken from the rioja help file) made the
function.

Cheers,
Brendan Wiltse

library(vegan) ## decorana
data(RLGH)

library(rioja)
## Not run:
# create appropriately sized graphics window
windows(width=12, height=7) # quartz() on Mac, X11 on linux
## End(Not run)
# remove less abundant taxa
mx <- apply(RLGH$spec, 2, max)
spec <- RLGH$spec[, mx > 3]
depth <- RLGH$depth$Depth
#basic stratigraphic plot
strat.plot(spec, y.rev=TRUE)
#scale for percentage data
strat.plot(spec, y.rev=TRUE, scale.percent=TRUE)
# plot by sample depth
strat.plot(spec, yvar = depth, y.rev=TRUE, scale.percent=TRUE,
title="Round Loch of Glenhead", ylabel="Depth (cm)")

-----
Brendan Wiltse
Ph.D. Candidate
Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab
Department of Biology
Queen's University
http://www.wix.com/wiltse/Personal-Homepage
http://wiltse.redbubble.com

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Hi All,

I am looking for help in rotating species titles produced using the
strat.plot( ) function in the rioja package.  This function produces a
stratigraphic plot of paleoenvironmental data.  Currently the titles of each
species are plotted vertically while they are typically plotted at a 45
degree angle in other programs.  Does anyone have any idea of how to rotates
these titles? 

Below is an example plot (taken from the rioja help file) made the function. 

Cheers,
Brendan Wiltse

library(vegan) ## decorana
data(RLGH)

library(rioja)
## Not run:
# create appropriately sized graphics window
windows(width=12, height=7) # quartz() on Mac, X11 on linux
## End(Not run)
# remove less abundant taxa
mx <- apply(RLGH$spec, 2, max)
spec <- RLGH$spec[, mx > 3]
depth <- RLGH$depth$Depth
#basic stratigraphic plot
strat.plot(spec, y.rev=TRUE)
#scale for percentage data
strat.plot(spec, y.rev=TRUE, scale.percent=TRUE)
# plot by sample depth
strat.plot(spec, yvar = depth, y.rev=TRUE, scale.percent=TRUE,
title="Round Loch of Glenhead", ylabel="Depth (cm)")

-----
Brendan Wiltse
Ph.D. Candidate
Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab
Department of Biology
Queen's University
http://www.wix.com/wiltse/Personal-Homepage
http://wiltse.redbubble.com
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Edit the strat.plot function, particularly the line

         text(tks1[1], pos, labels = colnames(d)[i], adj = c(0,
             1), srt = 90, cex = cex.xlabel, xpd = NA)

where the rotation is hardcoded  or ask the maintainer to make it an 
argument to the function so that you can change it on calling the plot 
function.

Uwe Ligges


On 29.04.2010 20:08, Brendan Wiltse wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am looking for help in rotating species titles produced using the
> strat.plot( ) function in the rioja package.  This function produces a
> stratigraphic plot of paleoenvironmental data.  Currently the titles of
each
> species are plotted vertically while they are typically plotted at a 45
> degree angle in other programs.  Does anyone have any idea of how to
rotates
> these titles?
>
> Below is an example plot (taken from the rioja help file) made the
> function.
>
> Cheers,
> Brendan Wiltse
>
> library(vegan) ## decorana
> data(RLGH)
>
> library(rioja)
> ## Not run:
> # create appropriately sized graphics window
> windows(width=12, height=7) # quartz() on Mac, X11 on linux
> ## End(Not run)
> # remove less abundant taxa
> mx<- apply(RLGH$spec, 2, max)
> spec<- RLGH$spec[, mx>  3]
> depth<- RLGH$depth$Depth
> #basic stratigraphic plot
> strat.plot(spec, y.rev=TRUE)
> #scale for percentage data
> strat.plot(spec, y.rev=TRUE, scale.percent=TRUE)
> # plot by sample depth
> strat.plot(spec, yvar = depth, y.rev=TRUE, scale.percent=TRUE,
> title="Round Loch of Glenhead", ylabel="Depth (cm)")
>
> -----
> Brendan Wiltse
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab
> Department of Biology
> Queen's University
> http://www.wix.com/wiltse/Personal-Homepage
> http://wiltse.redbubble.com
>
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