Good point. At the same time, most people
would rather have two hits than none if something
exists: these pointers may have been established
in the past because some people evidently were missing the fact
that something existed. Also remember -- even if the case of Stata
resources -- some people can only use SSC through
a browser, or might use it that way in any case; through
a browser what is, and what is not there, will sometimes
be clearer.
The point is for Kit as SSC administrator to
decide.
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Richard
> Williams
> Sent: 25 February 2004 16:04
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: st: RE: SSC: nothing to install
>
>
> At 03:35 PM 2/25/2004 +0000, Nick Cox wrote:
> >There are a few such entries on SSC, intended
> >to be helpful rather than the reverse.
> >
> >In short, -ssc- works exactly as advertised, but
> >there is no absolute rule that a package need
> >include Stata .ado and/or .hlp files.
>
> What Nick describes is what I would have guessed. As a
> relatively new user
> of Stata, I wonder if, now that we have the -findit- command,
> putting up
> such information-only packages causes more confusion than
> they solve. It
> seems like it is an extra step that can slow you down until
> you get to what
> you really want.
>
>
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
