NEWS

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stemtools 0.2.2

• theme_stem(label_size = ) defaults to 14 again (12 in 0.2.1), and stem_export_pptx() and stem_export_docx() export the numeric labels at 14 pt (previously 12 pt), so the labels match the 14 pt axis and legend text.
• With label_bicolor = TRUE (default), the labels of stacked plots are white on dark segments and label_color on light ones, judged from each segment's final fill. Previously the first and last categories got white labels whatever their colour, so a fill scale replaced after the plot was built (e.g. a grey "don't know" category added with scale_fill_manual()) got white labels on light grey and dark labels on dark colours. With the Stem diverging palettes the labels are unchanged. Native Office charts take the label colours from the plot.
• stem_summarise_cat() with a group now reports every observed item category in every group also for unweighted data, with zeros where the category does not occur in that group, as it already did for weighted data. Previously unweighted tables left those rows out, so the same table had fewer rows without weights.
• stem_battery() stops with an error when an item has answers outside the first item's categories, listing those answers. Previously it took the first item's categories for all items and silently dropped the other items' answers outside them, so their percentages were computed from the remaining answers only.
• stem_battery() stops with an error naming the items that share a label. Previously their answers merged into one bar, showing a mix of both items under one name.
• stem_battery(order_by = ) stops with an error when any of its values is not exactly a category of the items (e.g. a typo or missing diacritics). Previously such values were silently ignored, so the battery stayed unsorted or was sorted by fewer categories than intended.
• stem_battery(order_by = ) orders the items by their shares without missing answers, as shown in the bars. Previously missing answers counted in the denominator, so items with many of them were placed lower than their bars warranted.
• stem_battery() warns when its items have different numbers of valid (non-missing) answers, listing the unweighted n of each item, since their bars then rest on different bases.

stemtools 0.2.1

• theme_stem() now uses a 14 pt base text size (previously 18 pt) and draws the axis and legend text at 14 pt, and label_size defaults to 12 instead of 14, so plots on screen match their Office exports.
• stem_export_pptx() and stem_export_docx() export the axis and legend text at 14 pt (previously 11 pt) and the numeric labels at a fixed 12 pt. The labels no longer scale with theme_stem(label_size = ), which now only affects the plot on screen.
• stem_export_pptx() and stem_export_docx() draw a thin black box around the chart legend, when there is one.

stemtools 0.2.0

• Weighted estimates are now computed with {srvyr}/{survey} instead of {surveycore}/{surveytidy}, which were removed from CRAN. Results are unchanged.

stemtools 0.1.3

• theme_stem() gains a label_size argument setting the point size of the numeric labels drawn inside the plot, defaulting to the 14 used by the Stem apps.
• New stem_as_mschart(), stem_export_pptx(), stem_export_docx() and stem_add_chart() turn the Stem plots into native Microsoft Office charts, which carry an embedded worksheet that can be edited in Excel. The charts render like the exports produced by the Stem apps (blockr.stem).

stemtools 0.1.2

• stem_barplot() and stem_inline() gain a title_show argument that adds a plot title taken from the item's "label" attribute, falling back to the variable name when no label is present, and a title_quote argument that wraps the title in low/high double quotation marks („/“). Both default to FALSE. A title_wrap argument (default 80) wraps long titles onto several lines so they do not overflow the plot.
• theme_stem() now draws the plot title (plot.title) in bold.

stemtools 0.1.1

• stem_barplot() now draws a stacked horizontal bar per group category (with the item mapped to fill, each bar summing to 100%) when a group variable is supplied, replacing the previous dodged-bars layout. label_hide defaults to 0.05 in this grouped mode to keep small segments unlabelled.
• Removed stem_barstack(), whose behaviour is now covered by grouped stem_barplot().

stemtools 0.1.0

• Added a testthat test suite covering aggregation, palettes, scales, theme, plotting and utility helpers, plus an R-CMD-check GitHub Actions workflow.
• theme_stem() gains a family argument to control (or disable) the font family; pass family = "" on machines without Calibri.
• stem_summarise_cat() and stem_summarise_num() now always return a tibble, so the weighted and unweighted paths share the same output type.
• Updated scale_colour_stem()/scale_fill_stem() for ggplot2 (>= 3.5.0), removing the deprecated scale_name argument.
• Renamed the misspelled collaps_cats argument of collapse_cats() to collapse_cats.
• Fixed the standard-error formula shown in ?se_prop.
• create_project() no longer errors when called directly without the wizard arguments, writes a starter README.md, and drops the renv integration. Fixed a no-op paste() in the .gitignore writer.
• Dropped the unused rstudioapi, stringr, ragg and renv dependencies.

stemtools 0.0.5

• Added Rstudio project template

stemtools 0.0.4

• Adjusted defaults for stem_plot_barstack() and stem_plot_battery() to be in line with how they are commonly used.

stemtools 0.0.3

• Added stem_plot_multichoice() for plotting multiple choice items

stemtools 0.0.2

• Added basic ploting functions: stem_plot_single, stem_plot_multiple, stem_plot_bar, stem_plot_bartable().
• Added convenience function stem_ggplot(), which tries to export stem_plot_* figures with proper dimensions.
• When using Rstudio, ragg is automatically set as default graphical device when stemtools is loaded.

stemtools 0.0.1

• Added bluered_light diverging color palette.

stemtools 0.0.0.9000

• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.