Is it possible to rotate a plot in R (base graphics)?

Question

I searched for this and found that with {grid} there are ways to rotate an image, and that for some plots you can play with their rotation (for example plot(x,y) instead of

Answer 1

It's kind of possible via the gridGraphics package, although it feels a bit rough on the edges (the examples in ?grid.echo don't all work for me),

plot(1:10, rnorm(10))

library(gridGraphics)

grab_grob <- function(){
  grid.echo()
  grid.grab()
}

g <- grab_grob()
grid.newpage()
pushViewport(viewport(width=0.7,angle=30))
grid.draw(g)