Re: st: Bubble graph line style question

[Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk>]

--- On Sun, 6/2/11, Schaffer, Mark E wrote:
>  I'm trying to tweak a "bubble graph", i.e., a
> scatterplot where the markers are proportional to some
> variable and hollow (=bubble-like).
> 
> There are a lot of points to plot and the effect is
> overwhelming, so I want the outline of the bubbles to
> be dashed or dotted or something like that.  But I
> can't get the -mlstyle- option to do this.  The bubble
> outlines look thin but solid.
> 
> Here's an example using the auto dataset.  If I say
> mlstyle(dot),
> 
> twoway (scatter price mpg [aw=displacement], msymbol(Oh)
> mlstyle(dot) )

I think that the reason is that with -mlstyle- you set the
style of the line and not the linepattern. For the difference
compare -help linestyle- with -help linepatternstyle-. 

One way that I often use to "push back" some too dominant 
graphical element is to make it grey. To use your example:

*------------------ begin example --------------------
sysuse auto, clear
twoway scatter price mpg [aw=displacement], ///
       msymbol(Oh) mlcolor(gs8) 
*------------------- end example ----------------------

Hope this helps,
Maarten

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Universitaet Tuebingen
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Germany

http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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