Thanks for that trick.
Maarten
--- Michael Blasnik <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> Although not exactly a "solution", you can directly edit the by-graph
> titles
> using the gr_edit command:
>
> gr_edit .graphs[1].subtitle.text[1]=`"This is by group 1"'
>
> will change the 1st line of the title of the 1st by-group graph
>
>
> gr_edit .graphs[2].subtitle.text[2]=`"Hi There graph 2 line 2"'
>
> will add a second line (text[2]) to the title of the second by-group
> graph
> (graphs[2])
>
> So, it wouldn't be too hard to write an ado that would semi-automate
> this
> process to get multi-lined by-graph titles -- either by supplying a
> quote
> delimited list of titles or perhaps through some use of label
> languages(?).
> However, I'd have to agree with posts here that the graph is not very
> good as is
> and I'd also say that I prefer to keep shorter titles when working
> with
> multiples.
>
> Michael Blasnik
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Maarten buis" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 4:38 PM
> Subject: st: wrapping title with by option
>
>
> >I was trying to help these guys http://tables2graphs.com/doku.php by
> > providing them with Stata code for some of their graphs (they
> requested
> > that here:
> >
>
http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2007/07/tables2graphsco.html
> > )
> >
> > Anyhow I got already stuck on the first graph on what seems to be a
> > minor thing, the wrapping of the subtitles. I was trying to
> recreate
> > that graph with the -by()- option, but couldn't get the subtitles
> to
> > wrap.
> >
> > The subtitles are obtained from the value labels, and titles wrap
> by
> > feeding them two (or more) strings, so thought lets create value
> labels
> > with multiple strings, which is possible by surrounding them with
> > compound quotes. However, for once I think that the compound quotes
> > work too well, because when I create the graph they are treated as
> one
> > string. I realize that this is good behaviour, but it doesn't solve
> my
> > problem of how to wrap titles with the -by()- option. Does anyone
> have
> > any thoughts?
> >
> > *--------------- begin example ----------------
> > sysuse auto, clear
> >
> > label defin foreign 0 `""realy long" "title""' /*
> > */ 1 `""another" "long title""'
> > label value foreign foreign
> > twoway scatter pri mpg, by(foreign)
> > *---------------- end example ------------------
> >
> > Maarten
> >
>
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