Re: st: RE: graph text box: special character

[Nick Bornschein <nick.bornschein@gmail.com>]

It nearly worked, but: I want to add some other text after the X-bar 
like this "x: value of...". That doesn't seem to work.




Am 10.09.13 18:47, schrieb Friedrich Huebler:
> Nick,
>
> Did you read my message? I showed you a solution via do-file.
>
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2013-09/msg00394.html
>
> Friedrich
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Nick Bornschein
> <nick.bornschein@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Joe,
> >
> > I thought it would be possible to solve the problem via do-File because I
> > need to create more than one graph und it would take some time if I would
> > change all "X"-bar symbols manually.
> >
> > Best
> > -Nick
> >
> >
> > Am 09.09.13 18:50, schrieb Joe Canner:
> > > Nick,
> > >
> > > Try using "X" (capital x) and then switching the font in the graph window
> > > (Edit->Preferences) to a Symbol font.
> > >
> > > On my Windows installation of Stata, the default font is Arial and the
> > > Arial Symbol font has X-bar instead of X.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Joe Canner
> > > Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Bornschein
> > > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 7:35 AM
> > > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > > Subject: st: graph text box: special character
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to put a text box inside a Stata graph containing the symbol "x
> > > with the line above" for mean into the box. After some tests I figured out
> > > how to put some special characters and greek symbols in the box as in this
> > > example:
> > >
> > > twoway (line miles id, sort), text(16 5 "{&chi}{sup:2}: `m_cal_min' ")
> > >
> > > but I couldn't find the symbol for mean.
> > > Hope somebody can help me.
> > >
> > > Best
> > > -Nick
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