re: st: Set textsize in v8

[David Airey <david.airey@vanderbilt.edu>]

> A feature of version 7 that I liked was the -set textsize- command,
> which changed the default text size on subsequent graphs.  This command
> no longer works in version 8.  Is there a simple change that can be 
> made
> to the current scheme that will do this?  The schemes appear to provide
> an extraordinary degree of control over every aspect of our graphs.  It
> would be nice, however, if there were a single command (or small number
> of commands) that increased the size of all text on a graph the way 
> -set
> textsize- did in v7.  Does such a command exist?
>
> Bill Dupont
I did not see your question was answered. Text styles (textstyle, 
textsizestyle, textboxstyle) seem all to refer to individual elements 
of the graph rather than all elements, so that's not your answer. A 
scheme may be your only option:

Making your own scheme

    Scheme schemename is stored in file schemename.scheme.  For example,
    scheme s2color is stored in file s2color.scheme.  You can locate 
where a
    scheme file is located by typing

        . which schemename.scheme

    If you copy a scheme file from its official place to your PERSONAL
    directory (see help sysdir), and if you change its name, you will 
have a
    personal new scheme of that new name.

    For example, we have previously typed sysdir and determined that our
    PERSONAL directory is c:\ado\personal.  We now type

        . which s2color.scheme
        c:\stata\ado\base\s\s2color.scheme

        . copy c:\stata\ado\base\s\s2color.scheme 
c:\ado\personal\mine.scheme

    We now have a new scheme called mine.  We can edit file mine.scheme 
and
    change it how we wish.  If you look at the file, you will find the 
lines
    very readable, especially if you compare what you are seeing with 
the
    contents of the other official scheme files.

-Dave

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