RE: Re: st: Combining graphs as is without resizing.

["Seed, Paul" <paul.seed@kcl.ac.uk>]

No - I was wrong.  
- graph combine- ignores the chosen size at 
which legends are drawn.  Even -legend(size(zero))-
does not affect the size at which the legends in the combined graph are drawn.
So (unless someone knows different), no known solution within Stata 12.

BW

Paul Seed


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seed, Paul
> Sent: 22 July 2013 15:58
> To: 'statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu'
> Subject: Re: st: Combining graphs as is without resizing.
> 
> Many thanks to Vince for this.
> Unfortunately, it does not solve the problem.
> 
> The main issue is that the legend box grows in relation to the rest of
> the graph; and is not controlled by graph combine a b, cols(1)
> iscale(1) ysize(8) legend(size())
> 
> It is, however, controlled by the size set in drawing the original
> graph (plus a bit), so I  could step through the options for text box
> size -
> zero minuscule, quarter_tiny, third_tiny, half_tiny, tiny, vsmall -
> until I find what works. If it wasn't for the "plus a bit", I don't
> think there would be a problem.
> 
> BW
> 
> Paul Seed
> 
> Paul T Seed, Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics, Division of Women's
> Health, King's College London Women's Health Academic Centre, King's
> Health Partners
> (+44) (0) 20 7188 3642.
> 
> 
> > Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:32:17 -0500
> > From: vwiggins@stata.com (Vince Wiggins, StataCorp)
> > Subject: Re: st: Combining graphs as is without resizing.
> >
> > Paul Seed <paul.seed@kcl.ac.uk> asks about combining two graphs
> "asis"
> > --
> > without resizing.
> >
> > > I have two graphs (aspect ratio 1 for each), generated as below. I
> > > have taken time over the size & position of all the labels, and I
> > > like the way they look.
> > >
> > > I wish to combine them in a single column into one graph, aspect
> > > ratio 2, without changing anything about either graph.  Is there a
> > > way to do it in Stata?  -graph combine- automatically resizes
> > > everything.  I would like a -graph combine, asis- option.
> >
> > I apologize for coming so late to this party, but I missed Paul's
> post
> > and was just made aware of it by a colleague.
> >
> > Paul is right that -graph combine- does not support combining two
> > graphs exactly as they were originally drawn.  Even so, I think we
> can
> > get pretty close.  I suggest,
> >
> >     . graph combine a b, cols(1) iscale(1) ysize(8)
> >
> > Where:
> >
> >     -- a and b    are the names of the original graphs
> >
> >     -- cols(1)    requests a single column for the two subgraphs
> >
> >     -- iscale(1)  specifies that the original font and marker
> >                   sizes be used
> >
> >     -- ysize(8)   specifies that the graph be 8 inches high -- twice
> >                   the height of a default Stata graph.  Paul should
> >                   substitute twice his original graph heights for "8"
> >
> >
> >
> > - -- Vince
> >    vwiggins@stata.com
> >
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