Re: st: log2html smcl formatting TOC

[Jakob Petersen <jpeterb@essex.ac.uk>]

Thanks a lot for the advice  - the ideal solution would in many cases be 
to 1) capture the required data using commands such as -file- or 
-postfile-; and then 2) either design the final output based on these 
data; or 3) export the results into e.g. RTF or Latex formats.

-log2html- could in this example be used as a quick if limited work-around;

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qui {
cap log close
log using sysdirvars,replace
sysuse dir
local allfiles "`r(files)'"
foreach f of local allfiles {
sysuse "`f'", clear
ge file=upper((subinstr("`f'"),".dta","",1))
n di as text _newline file
n descsave, list(name varlab, clean noobs)
}
log close
}
log2html sysdirvars, replace title(Variables in Example Files) input(FFFFFF)
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Jakob

On 10/08/2011 19:57, Nick Cox wrote:
> I don't think this is the point Jacob is raising. Such commands will
> still appear in the log.
>
> But Billy is pointing in a key direction.
>
> Rather than fixing the log, or more generally the output,
> retrospectively, write a program to produce the output you want (and
> nothing else).
>
> It is difficult to work out the trade-off, but I wonder how many spend
> time wrestling with the intricacies of the highly flexible
> output-management tools when they could have more quickly written a
> script to produce precisely the output they need in the form they need
> it. The choice between learning how to use others' programs and
> learning how to write your own is probably difficult for us all.
>
> Nick
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Billy Schwartz<wkschwartz@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > Simply to hide input text, quite -quietly- blocks. If you want
> > headings inside a quietly block, use -noisily display- and put in some
> > info about what command is running.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Jakob Petersen<jpeterb@essex.ac.uk>  wrote:
> > > I would like to produce summary statistics for a batch of files.
> > > I am using log and log2html to format the results and have a couple of questions;
> > >
> > > ****************************************************************
> > > cap log close
> > > log using sysdirvars,replace
> > >
> > > sysuse dir
> > > local allfiles "`r(files)'"
> > > foreach f of local allfiles {
> > > sysuse "`f'", clear
> > > di _newline "{title:`f'}"
> > > di "{title:Variable list}"
> > > descsave, list(name varlab, clean noobs)
> > > }
> > >
> > > log close
> > > log2html sysdirvars, replace title(Variables in Example Files)
> > > ****************************************************************
> > >
> > > 1. Is it possible to suppress [input] from being printed in the log file (other than by changing the colour to white)?
> > > 2. Is it possible to format the headers in this example such that they could be used when creating a table of contents in a word processor (heading 1, heading 2, etc.)?
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Kind regards,
Jakob


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