Re: st: RE: Scroll back the console without pausing calculations

[Richard Herron <richard.c.herron@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Elan! Notepad does the trick.

I had tried with Vim, but I guess it claims writing access.

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 09:19, Cohen, Elan <cohened@upmc.edu> wrote:
> You can start a log file before the procedure, then use a text editor to view the log file while it is running.  Just make sure the program you use to view the log file doesn't try to claim writing access.  Notepad should work fine if you're on Windows.
>
> HTH,
>
> - Elan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Herron
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 5:28
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: Scroll back the console without pausing calculations
>
> During long optimization problems I like to scroll back the console
> and review my intermediate results. But when the optimizer completes
> an iteration I get a line like
>
> Iteration 60:  GMM criterion Q(b) =  6.008e-06
>
> that moves the console to the most recent line. This makes it
> difficult to review my results until all calculations complete. If I
> -set more off-, then I can scroll back at the -more- prompts, but
> -more- also pauses calculations.
>
> Is there a way to scroll back through results without pausing
> calculations? Thanks!
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