Re: st: RE: Modifying -irf graph- output

["Michael S. Hanson" <mshanson@mac.com>]

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On Jun 15, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Scott Merryman wrote:

> Regarding the legend options, a -legend()- option inside the -by()-  
> will
> alter its position, while a -legend()- option outside the -by()-  
> will alter
> its contents.  For example:
>
> irf graph irf, irf(test_irf) byopts(title(My Title) yrescale ///
>  xrescale note("") legend(pos(3) )) legend(stack col(1) ///
>  order(1 "95% CI" 2 "IRF") symx(*.5) size(vsmall))  xtitle("Year")
	Thanks:  I don't think I would have figured out to use the two  
separate -legend- options on my own.  Is this documented somewhere  
that I simply missed?



> Regarding the -xtitle- , are not all the titles the same in such a  
> graph?
	-xtitle- might have been a bad choice to illustrate this point.   
Alternatively, one might want to place -xlabel-s on each of the  
subplots, rather than just the final row as the default, for  
example.  Or, more importantly, one might have different units of  
measurement for each of the variables in the (S)VAR, which would  
suggest different -ylabel-s by row.  Such a case would occur in the  
Luktepohl data were an interest rate included in the VAR, for example.



> To have individualized subtitles, I think you will have to create  
> the graphs
> individually and then combine them or perform surgery on  
> varirf_graph.ado.
	I suspected as much, but was hoping that some non-apparent (to me)  
set of options (such as the -legend- -legend- trick above) or an  
undocumented option might allow more control over the display of  
these subtitles.  Oh well.  Thanks once again for all your insight on  
this issue.

                                        -- Mike


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