Concerning tab-completion of file names in Stata, Neil Shephard
<[email protected]> said:
> On 8/23/07, Maarten Buis <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The oldest version I have on my computer is Stata 8 (I use it to test if a
>> program works on Stata 8 if I claim it does), and the tab trick works
>> there as well (and I was unaware of it till now as well)
>
> I suspect its a bit of a throwback to command and filename completion
> on various shells on *NIX like systems (and more recently windows
> command prompt). I've been using the feature since at least version 8
> and find it exceptionally useful as I'm very lazy with my typing.
>
> It may be buried in the -man whatsnew- information somewhere, but I
> don't have the time to search through them.
Take a look at whatsnew7to8.sthlp at item 2 under the heading
"What's new in the user interface". It says:
2. Stata now has tab-name completion. When typing a command, type
the first few letters of a variable name and press tab.
So it looks like we added that ability between Stata 7 and Stata 8.
Ken Higbee [email protected]
StataCorp 1-800-STATAPC
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