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RE: st: RE: Symplacement


From   "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: RE: Symplacement
Date   Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:14:47 +0200

<>

You are welcome, and I should pass the thanks on to the graph editor and its
recorder function - much underappreciated, I think...


HTH
Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dorothy Bridges
Sent: Montag, 30. August 2010 03:19
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: RE: Symplacement

That works perfectly, actually -- thank you!  No need for additional
elegance.


On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> <>
>
> I could certainly see you playing with the xoffset in
>
>
> *************
> gr_edit .legend.plotregion1.xoffset = -20
> *************
>
> to nudge the keys into their desired position. Admittedly, there is
probably
> a more elegant solution...
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dorothy Bridges
> Sent: Montag, 30. August 2010 02:09
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Symplacement
>
> Dear All:
>
> I have a legend with ten symbols/keys and a relatively long title.  I
> would like the title to be left-justified in the legend box, and for
> the symbols/keys to be arranged in a single left-justified column.
> That is, I would like the left edge of the symbols to appear directly
> under the very first character of the title.
>
> I know how to left-justify the title of the legend, and I know how to
> make the keys appear in a single column, but for the life of me I
> cannot get that column to appear anywhere but centered under the text.
>  I tried the legend suboption "symplacement," but to no avail.
>
> By way of illustration:
> webuse grunfeld,clear
> #delimit;
> twoway (line invest year if company==1)
> (line invest year if company==2)
> (line invest year if company==3),
> legend(cols(1)
> title("This fairly long title demonstrates my problem:",
> placement(west) justification(left) size(small))
> subtitle("I would like the column of symbols/keys left-justified rather"
> "than centered, which creates awkward white space",
> placement(west) justification(left) size(vsmall))
> symxsize(*.5));
>
> Many thanks,
> Dorothy
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