I thank both Maarten and Alan for the solutions they proposed.
However, I need to avoid inserting texts by the axes.
The problem is that my reference lines are close enough to make the
label texts illegible, even if I were to send one of them to the top
axis as suggested.
This was indeed the original reason for me looking for a solution
involving legends (which allow much more flexible texts).
I guess I'll play around with pointing arrows and texts inserted at
arbitrary places in the graph, however, if anyone has a solution
involving legends it will be much appreciated.
greetings and thanks again,
robert
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Robert Duval <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> I have a graph with several vertical reference lines (i.e. xline(#1 #2
> etc)) each with different line pattern styles. Is there a way to
> create a legend to indicate what each reference line means ?
>
> My command is
>
> kdensity var , xline(6.1,lp(solid)) xline(12.22,lp(dash)) xline(18.33,
> lp(shortdash))
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated
> robert
>
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