RE: st: Bubble graph line style question

["Schaffer, Mark E" <M.E.Schaffer@hw.ac.uk>]

Thanks, Martin, that's very helpful.  And I can add -mlwidth(vvthin)- to
make the bubbles even fainter.

Cheers,
Mark

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of 
> Maarten buis
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 8:10 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: Bubble graph line style question
> 
> --- 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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