Maarten buis <[email protected]> reports,
> I came across some curious behaviour when I wanted to let some
> labels on the y-axis span two lines using the -lean1- scheme: Those
> labels that spanned a single line and where specified after the
> "double line label" where alligned above the tick mark, instead of
> centering on the tick mark. This was solved by specifying all double
> line labels at the end. This is probably clearer when looking at the
> results from the example below.
> *--------------- begin example ---------
> sysuse auto
> twoway scatter rep78 mpg, ///
> name(misaligned, replace) ///
> ylab(1 `""very" "bad""' ///
> 2 "bad" ///
> 3 "ok" ///
> 4 "good" ///
> 5 `""very" "good""')
>
> twoway scatter rep78 mpg, ///
> name(aligned, replace) ///
> ylab(2 "bad" ///
> 3 "ok" ///
> 4 "good" ///
> 1 `""very" "bad""' ///
> 5 `""very" "good""')
> *---------- end example --------------
This inconsistent behaviour shows up in the lean1 scheme because that scheme
uses horizontal y-axis labels. After a bit of exploring, we have found that
it will happen any time the y-axis labels are horizontal, whether that is
designated by the scheme or by the -angle()- suboption of the -ylabel()-
option.
Note that the problem occurs only when some labels are multi-line while others
are not and when the y-axis labels are specified to be horizontal. It will
also occur when mixing multi- and single-line labels on an x-axis if the labels
are vertical, though you are much less likely to want vertical labels on an
x-axis.
We will make this consistent so that the labels are always aligned with the
ticks in a future update. Until then, Maarten has provided an easy
workaround.
-- Vince
[email protected]
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