Re: st: How to link the help file for a command to its immediateversion (or generally add aliases)

[Nick Cox <n.j.cox@stata.com>]

Yes. The help file for one command can be, in its entirety, a pointer to 
another help file.

Thus if you wish

. h commandi

to point to -command.sthlp-, just have

----------------------- commandi.sthlp
. h command
-----------------------

Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk

Eva Poen wrote:


> Is it possible, for a user written command, to link the help file for
> -command- to -commandi-? I.e., when typing -help commandi-, what
> should show up is the help file for -command-, because it's all
> documented in one file.
>
> I came across the *help_alias.maint files in the Stata installation,
> which I think do the job for Stata's official commands. I can't see a
> way to add aliases (any, really, also abbreviations) for non-official
> commands.
>
> I'm forgetful with options, so I get to call the help files for my own
> programs from time to time. Combined with my habit of inventing long,
> akward names for programs, this is a lot of typing...
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