cex.axis in barplot() (PR#1070)

Full_Name: Jerome Asselin
Version: 1.3.0
OS: Windows 98
Submission from: (NULL) (24.77.112.193)

I have a hard time to magnify the axis annotations in barplot()
Here are some examples:

#This one has no effect.
barplot(1:3,names.arg=1:3,cex.axis=3,xlab="x",ylab="y")

From the help:

...  further graphical parameters (par) are passed to plot.window() and
title(). 
[let me add: ... and not to axis()...]

But you can use:

 par(cex.axis=3)
 barplot(1:3, names.arg=1:3, xlab="x", ylab="y")

#This one magnifies the x and y labels
barplot(1:3,names.arg=1:3,cex.lab=3,xlab="x",ylab="y")

... as expected.

#This one has no effect.
barplot(1:3,names.arg=1:3,cex=3,xlab="x",ylab="y")

In this case (no symbols are drawn inside the plot, ...) also expected.

Maybe this could be added to the "wish list".

I assume that I will be able to create my own axis with
the axis() function.

Without looking at the code not so easy as the workaround described
above. An example:

  barplot(1:3, names.arg=1:3, xlab="x", ylab="y")
  axis(1, at=1:3)


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