Sys.setlocale() and text()

Thanks very much for the response.  I think I left out an important
detail, however.

I want my lowercase sigma to be displayed in a specific font from the
Rdevga file (my project involves fonts).  So far as I know, quote() does
not allow me to select a font.  Thus, I am specifically interested in
the text() command and reasons why my example code performs differently
in R 2.3.0 vs 2.6.1.

Thanks,
Ed



Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

Try this:

plot(1:10, main = quote(sigma ^ 2))


On Dec 11, 2007 10:09 PM, Ed Merkle <edgar.merkle at wichita.edu> wrote:

Dear HelpeRs,

I have a question about the Sys.setlocale() command and plotting.  I am
running Windows XP, with R 2.6.1.  My default locale is English_United
States.1252.

I am trying to add a lowercase sigma to a plot using the following code:

Sys.setlocale("LC_CTYPE","greek")
plot(1:10,1:10)
text(4,3,"\xF3")


For R 2.6.1, this code gives me the glyph from my default (1252) instead
of from the 1253 codes.  For an older version of R (2.3.0) on the same
computer, this code gives me the lowercase sigma that I wanted.  I have
been unable to pinpoint what has changed.  Thanks for the help, and I
apologize if I am missing something obvious.


--
Ed Merkle, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Psychology
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS 67260