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Re: st: Mac OS X: shell v. xshell
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Steve Samuels <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Mac OS X: shell v. xshell
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Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:16:20 -0400
In OS X 10.6.8, Stata12 MP I see the same issue as Mustafa: -shell- and -!- both launch Xterm, not Terminal. I don't actually use -shell- in this way (I launch Terminal via Launchbar). But if I did, I can see that it would be a disadvantage-- loss of PATH and other customizations, for example.
Steve
On Mar 13, 2012, at 10:27 AM, Eric Booth wrote:
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Mustafa:
-shell- (and -!-) on my Mac OSX 10.7.3 machine with Stata 12 MP both shell out to terminal/OS, and -xshell- to X11 as -help shell- describes.
Perhaps you have something mapped differently in your system that is the cause of this issue. I have no idea if this would matter, but have you tried installing the command line tools from within Stata? (Stata Menu>Install Terminal Utility.)
Also, try shelling out with the -!- instead of -shell- to see if it acts differently (again, I don't know that it would matter, but I'd try it).
If none of that worked, I'd re-install Stata and try again &/or contact Stata Tech support.
- Eric
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On Mar 12, 2012, at 7:54 AM, Mustafa Hirji wrote:
> I am running StataSE on Mac OS X 10.7.3.
>
> I find that whether I run "shell" or "xshell", it invokes the X11 shell. My understanding was that "shell" would invoke the Terminal instead of the X11 shell (which is why "xshell" exists as a distinct command).
>
> http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?shell
>
> Have I misunderstood? Is there a way to invoke Terminal rather than X11? I realize that in most cases this doesn't matter, but I would find it more convenient to invoke Terminal.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Mustafa Hirji
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