Re: st: re: smultron text editor

[Phil Schumm <pschumm@uchicago.edu>]

On Jun 21, 2007, at 7:18 PM, Michael McCulloch wrote:
> I've altered Smultron's Advanced Preference for Run Text to my  
> stata path, which is:
> 	/applications/stata
> However, when I Run Text, the results window comes up blank. I've  
> contacted the Smultron developer, and he is not familiar with  
> Stata. Any suggestions?
>
> On Jun 21, 2007, at 12:25 PM, Kit Baum wrote:
>
> > Using the console version of Stata 9.2, alter Smultron's Advanced  
> > Preference for Run Text to
> >
> > /applications/stata/stata-se <
> >
> > or whatever is the path to that executable on your system.

I don't know anything about Smultron, but it doesn't look like you've  
followed Kit's advice.  The path

    /applications/stata

would only be the path to your console Stata executable if (1) you  
installed it in a non-standard location, and (2) you renamed it.  In  
fact, it appears from the information on Stata's web site that  
console Stata will not even run properly unless it is installed in / 
Applications/Stata, /usr/local/stata9, or /usr/local/stata.  The  
standard location of the console executable is

    /Applications/Stata/stata-se

which matches what Kit told you to use above (if you're using the  
console version of Stata/MP, I believe the executable may be named  
stata-mp instead).

Note also that you left out the redirect (i.e., "<") in Kit's  
instruction.  I presume that's necessary.

Finally, assuming you're using the default (and preferred) HFS  
Extended filesystem, note that it is case-preserving but case- 
insensitive.  Thus, although Kit wrote

    /applications/stata/stata-se <

the string

    /Applications/Stata/stata-se <

should also work just as well.  However, if you have trouble with  
one, you might also try the other just in case.


-- Phil

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