Hi Maarten and Nick,
Thanks a lot for the suggestions. I will check the links
you mentioned.
Nishant
--- Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is a question to the designers and in a sense
> can only be answered by the thinking
> behind the design.
>
> In editors I know, there are two main alternatives,
> undo the last change and "get me out of this mess",
> otherwise known as exit without saving.
>
> For what you want to be possible, -doedit- must
> understand
> a "set" of changes, or "one go", in the way you do.
> What is your definition that can be rendered
> programmable?
>
> Yet another alternative: you are showing, in effect,
> a wish for a more flexible editor. Recommendations
> a-plenty can be found in
> http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/t/textEditors.html
>
> In my own favourite editor, for example, I can
> go backwards and forwards in a set of changes
> at whim.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Nishant Dass
>
> > Does anyone why Stata only undoes the very last change
> you
> > have made in the do-file editor as opposed to the last
> > "set" of changes (all done in one go)?
> >
> > Since Stata is smart, I understand there must be a very
> > good reason for it but I am just curious why, because
> it
> > would be very convenient if it were the other way
> around -
> > i.e., being able to undo a whole set of commands that
> are
> > done in one go.
>
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