st: Re: line_options

[David Airey <david.airey@Vanderbilt.Edu>]

> In other words, the manual is right on this,
> and the on-line help incorrect. The options
> are -clcolor()- etc., not -lcolor() etc.
>
> Nick
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk

On page 280-282 [G], for twoway lfit the line_options are supposed to 
be the same as for graph twoway line. I turn to page 288 [G]. There I'm 
instructed those options are the same as for twoway scatter with a few 
exceptions related to use of markers, which I guess makes sense. So I 
turn to page 336 [G] and on 337 I see the option clcolor(colorstyle) 
for the color of a line under connect_options. Instead of doing this, 
my first reaction was common sense and looked up line-options on 388 
[G] which states line color can be controlled by lcolor(). So while the 
manual is in fact correct it is also misleading. There should have been 
a statement/caveat that distinguished lcolor() from clcolor() and when 
to use each. Apologies if I missed such a statement.

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