Okay, how about this:
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,
adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
Lee
Lee Sieswerda, Epidemiologist
Thunder Bay District Health Unit
[email protected]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Cox [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:30 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: -help- vs. -whelp-
>
>
> You're correct; I think this goes back to Stata 7.
>
> The explanation, as I understand it, is that
>
> . whelp foobar
>
> is a convenience abbreviation for
>
> . view help foobar
>
> Evidently Stata Corp decided in a few cases --
> although they're all important -- that the
> behaviour you describe was more natural,
> and thus sacrificed consistency. (At this
> point some may want to quote Emerson.)
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Friedrich Huebler
>
> > The help file for some commands can only be displayed with
> -help-. For
> > example, -whelp ado- and -whelp update- don't display the help file
> > but execute -ado- and -update- in the Stata Viewer. Stata
> has behaved
> > this way since the release of version 8.0.
>
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