Re: st: Re: Graph problem

[Donald Spady <dspady@ualberta.ca>]

Philip and Scott
  Many thanks for your responses.  Philip's idea worked but I could not 
get Scott's to work.  The problem with both of them is that they demand a 
command line input as opposed to entering them using the menu.  That is not 
a big problem except that I have to remember the command each time I use 
it, so I have written a little note to myself.  I must admit I didn't find 
the manual too helpful for this so Philip's and Scott's contributions are 
really appreciated.
Don

At 05:01 PM 3/1/2004, you wrote:

> Hello Don
>
> My messages to the Stata List are not being echoed back to my machine so 
> I'm not sure if there is something wrong at the List end or at my 
> end.  Anyway, in case it's a list problem, and others haven't already 
> provided a better solution, here is my go at trying to solve your problem:
>
> scatter lexp gnppc, by(region, total style(compact)) subtitle(, 
> pos(11)  nobexpand  bfcolor(white) nobox)
>
> The trick is in using the -subtitle()- option of the main (-scatter-) 
> command.  I am sure other specifications of "text_box_options" than the 
> ones I used (bfcolor and nobox) are possible, but at least you can play 
> with these: see page 500 and 502 which alerts us to the fact that we can 
> use textbox options as suboptions for -title- or -subtitle- and then page 483.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
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At 06:01 PM 3/1/2004, you wrote:
> a)You can use the "graphregion(color(white)))" option.
>
> b)the banners are regarded as subtitles and so one manipulate them with the
> "subtitle(  )" option.  Something like either:
>
>     subtitle(, pos(11 ) nob)
>     subtitle(, pos(11 ) )
>     subtitle(, pos(11 ) nobexpand)
>
> And so all together:
> twoway (scatter gnppc lexp), by(region, total graphregion(color(white)))
> subtitle(, pos(11 ) nob)
>
> Hope this helps,
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald Spady" <dspady@ualberta.ca>
> To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 4:30 PM
> Subject: st: Graph problem
>
>
> > Dear Statalisters
> > I am spending some time trying to learn the graphing capabilities of Stata
> > 8.  I have a question that relates to by-styles.  ON page 86 of the
> > graphics manual there is a command
> > . scatter lexp gnppc, by(region, total style(compact))
> > and the resultant graph which is a composite of 4 graphs each of which is
> > highlighted by a banner (e.g. Eur and C Asia) on a gray background.  MY
> > QUESTION is "How can one (a) get rid of the grey background -- I have tried
> > all the commands I could think of-- and (b) how can one manipulate the
> > position of the banner i.e. instead of being centred over the plot, push it
> > to the left.   Some of this can be avoided by using style7 which is a fall
> > back to the style used in Stata7, but I think I should be able to do it in
> > Stata8.  As well, when i tried Stata7 style I got into problems with tick
> > marks, but that is a separate question.
> > Any help is appreciated
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Donald Spady

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