Re: st: Substitute for Notepad++ for editing Stata files in Linux.

[Bert Jung <bjung59@gmail.com>]

Jorge,

(1) A partial solution is the plugin NppFTP which lets you save
do-files directly onto your Linux server.  You can type in your
Windows NPP and save to the server, but you will have to execute
manually.

(2) It may be possible to write a NppExec program to save *and*
execute your do-file on the server.  I think you can call an external
ssh program like PuTTY and pass on command and the relevant file name.
 Maybe this post will offer some guidance:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-plugins/forums/forum/672146/topic/3300491

(3) For your Linux desktop you could try installing NPP via the WINE
emulator.  I noticed the following instructions:

"How to use Notepad++ in Linux from terminal – Part 1",
http://www.bytechip.com/2011/05/how-to-notepad-linux-from-terminal/


I haven't tried items (2) and (3) myself but would be interested to
know if you can make it work...

Cheers,
Bert


On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Tiago V. Pereira
<tiago.pereira@mbe.bio.br> wrote:
> Dear Jorge,
>
> Scite is the Notepad++'s father, and it is exactly what you are looking
> for. Even though it does not have all the features that Notepad++ has, it
> works very well. You need to log as root to run scripts within Scite.
>
> To install it, open the terminal and type:
>
> sudo apt-get install scite
>
> Cheers!
>
> Tiago
>
>
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> Dear Statalist.
>
> I have used Notepad ++ to edit do files for a couple of years now.
> Occasionally I work with Stata under Ubuntu on my computer or on the
> Linux Server at work (I just open Stata there, I have no idea what
> distribution of Linux that computer is running)
>
> Editing do-files in the built-in editor on Linux without syntax
> highlighting is driving me crazy. However, I do not want to swith to
> Emacs or Vim since I am very happy with Notepad ++ and only use Linux
> occasionally.
>
> Having said that, which editor would you recommend to edit do files
> under Linux? Ideally it would be
>
> 1. As close to Notepad ++ as possible
> 2. Able to execute pieces of code from within the editor.
> On the second point, I read a couple of previous posts and I also
> checked the review in the Boston College website (which seems
> outdated), and I am getting the feeling that nobody has written code
> to do that under Linux, but I might have missed something.
>
> I also know that Notepad ++ runs under Wine. However I think the
> Notepad++-Stata integration will not work in that case. Has anyone
> tried that?
>
> Thank you for your suggestions.
> _______________________
> Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez
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