Re: st: do file script from text wrangler

[Phil Schumm <pschumm@uchicago.edu>]

On May 24, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Eric Green wrote:
> One thing: I can't seem to get your textmate code running. I know  
> the Stata TM bundle posted here works (except for the local macro  
> problem): http://bylr.net/3/2010/10/stata-bundle-for textmate/. When  
> I replaced the existing send selection to stata code with the code  
> you provided, nothing happens (I reloaded the bundle). I thought it  
> might have to do with how the program is called up, but I'm really  
> not sure.
>
> This is the original command code to send the selection to stata:
>
> echo "$TM_SELECTED_TEXT" > textmatetostata.do
> osascript -e "tell application \"Stata\"
> activate
> open POSIX file \"textmatetostata.do\"
> end tell"
>
> You seem to call up stata using a different method:
>
> tell application id "com.stata.stata11"


The first approach above is identifying the application by the  
application name, whereas the second is identifying the application by  
its so-called "bundle identifier."  The latter is better in the sense  
that users can change an application's name (but it's much more  
difficult to change the bundle identifier); moreover, if you have two  
applications with the same name (e.g., if you kept Stata 10 after you  
installed Stata 11), then if you call the application by name, you  
can't be sure which is going to respond.

Are you using Stata 10?  If so, then its bundle identifier will  
definitely not be "com.stata.stata11".  To see what it is, open Script  
Editor.app, and type in either

    get id of application "Stata"

or

    get id of application StataSE"

depending on whether you have regular Stata or Stata SE installed.  If  
you then click "Run", this will give you the bundle identifier, and  
you can then substitute this into the code I gave you.

Which version of OS X are you using?  Depending on your answer to  
this, something else might be the culprit (e.g., IIRC, prior to 10.5,  
you couldn't refer to an application by its bundle identifier).

If you're still having problems, why don't you email me directly and  
I'll help you sort it out.


-- Phil

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