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set scheme — Set default scheme
Description Quick start Syntax Option Remarks and examples
References Also see
Description
query graphics shows the graphics settings, which includes the graphics scheme.
set scheme allows you to set the graphics scheme to be used. The default setting is stcolor; it
was s2color prior to Stata 18.
Quick start
Show graphics settings
query graphics
Set the default graph scheme for the session to that used by the Stata Journal
set scheme sj
Same as above, and set sj as the default scheme in future sessions
set scheme sj, permanently
Syntax
query graphics
set scheme schemename
, permanently
Option
permanently specifies that in addition to making the change right now, the scheme setting be
remembered and become the default setting when you invoke Stata.
Remarks and examples stata.com
The graphics scheme specifies the overall look for the graph. You can specify the scheme to be
used for an individual graph by specifying the scheme() option on the graph command, or you can
specify the scheme once and for all by using set scheme.
See [G-4] Schemes intro for a description of schemes and a list of available schemenames.
One of the available schemenames is economist, which roughly corresponds to the style used by
The Economist magazine. If you wanted to make the economist scheme the default for the rest of
this session, you could type
. set scheme economist
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and if you wanted to make economist your default, even in subsequent sessions, you could type
. set scheme economist, permanently
Note that cscript.ado sets the scheme to s2color8. Therefore, if your do-file or ado-file calls
cscript.ado, the scheme will be changed to s2color8. You can change the scheme by adding the
set scheme command after your cscript line.
References
Jann, B. 2018a. Customizing Stata graphs made easy (part 2). Stata Journal 18: 786–802.
. 2018b. Customizing Stata graphs made easy (part 1). Stata Journal 18: 491–502.
Also see
[G-3] scheme option — Option for specifying scheme
[G-4] Schemes intro — Introduction to schemes
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