Dave wrote about Stata on OS X but I have a similar observation about
Stata on Windows, specifically concerning -twoway function-.
A y=x line drawn with -twoway function- is not as straight as a line
drawn with -twoway scatter, connect-. The difference can be
illustrated with the following commands.
. clear
. set obs 2
. gen x = .
. replace x = 0 in 1
. replace x = 100 in 2
. gen y = .
. replace y = 0 in 1
. replace y = 100 in 2
. twoway (scatter y x, connect(l) clwidth(thin)) (function y=x+1,
range(0 100) lwidth(thin)), aspect(1)
The -function- line is uneven and can indeed be described as "shocked
with electricity", to use Dave's words. Is it possible to draw a
-function- line as straight as a -scatter, connect- line?
Friedrich
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Airey, David C
<[email protected]> wrote:
> . sysuse auto
> (1978 Automobile Data)
>
> . scatter weight length, ms(oh) // small o
>
> never renders well on my system, and copying the graph preserves the oblong symbols
>
> . scatter weight length, ms(Oh) // large O
>
> doesn't show the complaint
>
> I sent you off list the horrible rendering of a graph twoway function (y=x). Looked like someone shocked it with electricity.
>
> -Dave
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