Re: st: Mac-specific: translator(smcl2pdf)

[Daniel Becker <daniel.becker@uni-rostock.de>]

> > > > I am using quite often the translator(smcl2pdf). What is  
> > > > annoying is that you have "output settings" box popping up that  
> > > > asks you for confirmation that you really want a conversion of  
> > > > you log to pdf. Also you can tell stata what the header, name  
> > > > and project entry should be.
> > > On a Mac there is no real need to translate logs, since Macs have  
> > > pdf technology built in. Just issue a 'print' command and then  
> > > use the 'pdf' button to save the file as a pdf.
> > yes, i know. The need to use the translator that I need to avoid  
> > as much interaction as possible as my project takes quite a while  
> > when I run the do file. It would be handy if the translation to  
> > pdf would be as automatic as possible. Maybe I can write an  
> > applescript that prints from stata to pdf.
>
> I believe this is because the smcl2pdf translator essentially uses  
> OS X's print-to-pdf functionality (which is why it is only  
> available for the OS X GUI version of Stata).  If you want to run  
> the translation unattended, then just use smcl2ps to translate the  
> file to Postscript.  You can then open the file in Preview (which  
> will convert it to PDF on the fly) or install Ghostscript and use  
> the ps2pdf command.
yes, this is a way to go, thanks. Is it possible to teach stata to  
include a header with date, time, pagenumber in the .ps-file?

daniel
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