Reset graph scheme

[Lawrence De Geest]

Something is awry with my graphics and I don't know how to restore default settings.

I want to use the

lean1

scheme. I ensured it is available

. graph query, schemes

Available schemes are

    s2color        see help scheme_s2color
    s2mono         see help scheme_s2mono
    s2manual       see help scheme_s2manual
    s2gmanual      see help scheme_s2gmanual
    s2gcolor       see help scheme_s2gcolor
    s1color        see help scheme_s1color
    s1mono         see help scheme_s1mono
    s1rcolor       see help scheme_s1rcolor
    s1manual       see help scheme_s1manual
    sj             see help scheme_sj
    economist      see help scheme_economist
    s2color8       see help scheme_s2color8
    lean1          see help scheme_lean1
    lean2          see help scheme_lean2

and set as the default scheme

 query graph
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Graphics settings
        set graphics        on
        set scheme          lean1
        set printcolor      automatic  may be automatic, asis, gs1, gs2, gs3
        set copycolor       automatic  may be automatic, asis, gs1, gs2, gs3

but when I make a plot

sysuse auto, clear
tw scatter price mpg, by(foreign)

it comes out looking like a cross between lean1 and lean2, with a different font:

I get the same result even after I reset graphics using

. set_defaults graphics
-> set graphics on
-> set scheme s2color
-> set printcolor automatic
-> set copycolor automatic
(preferences reset)

and run

sysuse auto, clear
tw scatter price mpg, by(foreign) scheme(lean1)

What could be causing this and how can I reset to factory defaults?

[wbuchanan]

Not completely/directly related, but why not just pass the scheme name to the scheme parameter of graph commands? Somewhat along those lines, why not use brewschemeto generate a customized scheme file where you have more control over the aesthetics?

[George Hoffman]

in corroboration of the substance behind the original poster's question, I have noticed that when changing schemes from the graph gui menu ->edit->change schemes, there are times when not all elements of the graph are updated with the new scheme characteristics. i have not made a systematic investigation into this observation, and would accept that it may be an expected finding from the complexities of the graphics engine and scheme definitions. however, this problem also afflicts my attempts to redraw graphics using schemes created with the brewschemes package, so i'm not sure that approach will address the OP's concerns.

[Chris Vecchio]

What font were you expecting to see? Since schemes don't control the font, you may have changed your window font at some point. You can check this using

graph set

You can reset the font to default using

graph set window fontface default

I'm not very familiar with the lean schemes so I'm not sure what "cross between lean1 and lean2" means. Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the schemes?

[Lawrence De Geest]

Thanks for the responses. wbuchanan, in the end snippet I directly pass the scheme to the graph command, to no avail. Developing my own scheme is all well and good - but first I want to hit reset.

Chis, I was expecting to see the default Stata font. Uninstalling and reinstalling didn't cure the problem.

[wbuchanan]

If you need to clear previous settings out of memory you can use the

discard

command. Just know that it is a fairly brute force approach to things, but will definitely clear out any settings stored and load them again once the command is called a second time.

[Lawrence De Geest]

Not even `discard` works! This is very bizarre. I simply cannot get rid of those gridlines unless I explicitly declare `nogrid`