Re: st: [Graphics] how to set the length of an axis?

[Antoine Terracol <terracol@univ-paris1.fr>]

Hello Ulrich.

Thanks again for the tip.

Yes, in my Windows box, the bars are just fine without the 95% rescaling.

I'll have access tomorrow to a Linux box, I'll try and let you know what 
 happens.

Antoine

Ulrich Kohler wrote:
> I thing you did. I have one comment and one question.
>
> Comment: A nice trick to label the years for which you have data is
>
> . levelsof year, local(lab)
> . twoway rbar lower upper wageclass, xlabel(`lab')
>
> Question: Adjusting the bar-width with 
>
> . levelsof wageclass, local(K)
> . local width  = (`:word 2 of `K'' - `:word 1 of `K'')
> . twoway    
>     || rbar lower upper wageclass,  barwidth(`width') horizontal  
>
> does not work sufficiently for me. On my screen (Stata 10.1 for Linux), the bars overlap, 
> (although I think they shouldn't). In my proposal I have therefore used
>
> . local width  = (`:word 2 of `K'' - `:word 1 of `K'') * .95
>
> to scale the bar width somewhat further down. Wasn't that necessary under Windows?
>
> Uli

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