Re: st: RE: switching from Do-File Editor to Results window after sending a line of code with Execute Selection

[Michael McCulloch <mm@pinestreetfoundation.org>]

Thanks Eric, your suggestion to invoke command(�+ 1 is  
straightforward and efficient.
I'm using Stata's editor exclusively now that there is syntax  
highlighting!
Michael

On Oct 4, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Eric Booth wrote:

> <>
>
> I don't see an option to turn on the behavior you describe in the  
> Stata (in Mac OSX) preferences.
> When running a do-file , you can add this line:
>
> window manage forward results
>
> however, you mention wanting to activate the results window after  
> running only a single line selection.
> The only ways I know to do this would be to:  (1) include the line  
> above in the selection you are running each time;  (2)  press  
> command(⌘) + 1 in Stata to switch to the results window after you  
> run your selection;  or (3) include the following in an applescript  
> that sends your selection from an external, 3rd party text editor to  
> Stata (e.g., Vim, Text Wrangler, AlphaX, etc.   see:  http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/t/textEditors.html 
>   ):
>
> tell application "StataMP"
> 	activate
> end tell
>
> **or send this to the shell:
>
> osascript -e 'tell application "StataMP" to activate'
>
> because activating the Stata application seems to default to the  
> results window.
> Change "StataMP" above to whatever flavor of Stata you use.
>
> There are already scripts for many of the 3rd party text editors  
> linked above that allow you to run a  single selection/line from the  
> do-file and then automatically switch to the results window using  
> something similar to the 'tell' script.
>
> - Eric
> __
> Eric A. Booth
> Public Policy Research Institute
> Texas A&M University
> ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu
> Office: +979.845.6754
>
> On Oct 4, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Michael McCulloch wrote:
>
> > Thank you, Mac OS X: 10.5.8
> >
> > On Oct 4, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Nick Cox wrote:
> >
> > > Please specify operating system for all questions for which  
> > > operating system may be important.
> > >
> > > Nick
> > > n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
> > >
> > > Michael McCulloch
> > >
> > > is there a way to set Stata to automatically switch the active
> > > window view from
> > > 	the Do-File Editor to the Results window
> > > after sending a line of code with Execute Selection, as was the case
> > > in my previous version of Stata (9)?
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Michael McCulloch, LAc MPH PhD
> > Pine Street Foundation
> > 124 Pine Street
> > San Anselmo, CA 94960-2674
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> > fax: 	206-338-2391
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Best wishes,

Michael McCulloch, LAc MPH PhD
Pine Street Foundation
124 Pine Street
San Anselmo, CA 94960-2674
tel:	415-407-1357
fax: 	206-338-2391


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