[R] plotmath

[Ross Ihaka]

eac at ma.adfa.edu.au wrote:
> There's something (probably a lot) missing in my understanding of
> plotmath. The LaTeX code for what I'm trying to produce is
> 
> \log(-\log(\hat R))
> 
> My (probably hopeless) attempt at it uses nested group()s:
> 
> expression(plain(log) * group("(", -plain(log)*group("(", \hat(R), ")"),
> ")"))
> 
> Can anyone do it right for me, please?

Here's my attempt

     expression(log(-log(hat(italic(R)))))

Unlike TeX, if you want italics you have to ask for it.

(If you are attempting anthing serious, the TeX package psfrag  is worth 
a look.)


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