--- On Fri, 15/1/10, Mike Tomz wrote:
> I have a question about using text(text_arg) to add text to
> twoway graphs. I would like to rotate the text such that it
> displays at a desired angle, e.g., 30 degrees. The
> orientation() option allows only four orientation styles --
> horizontal, vertical, rhorizontal, rvertical -- and thus
> does not seem to offer the flexibility to rotate text to an
> arbitrary angle. Is there a way of controlling the exact
> angle of rotation?
You can recreate the functionality of the -text- option by
overlaying a -scatteri- graph over your current graph. You'll
need to specify the -msymbol(i)- option to suppress the
symbol and only display the text and the legend() option to
suppress any reference to that -scatteri- graph in the legend.
The advantage is that that allows the -mlabangle()- option
that you are looking for.
*--------- begin example -----------
sysuse nlsw88, clear
twoway scatter grade age || ///
scatteri 5 40 "foo bar", ///
msymbol(i) mlabpos(0) ///
legend(off) ///
mlabangle(30)
*--------- end example --------------
( For more on how to use examples I sent to statalist see:
http://www.maartenbuis.nl/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Universitaet Tuebingen
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