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Re: st: Setting general preferences using syntax
From
Mosi Ifatunji <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Setting general preferences using syntax
Date
Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:06:01 -0500
Thanks, Rich.
-- Mosi
On Feb 23, 2013, at 2:03 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Mosi,
>
> I am not a unix user, but -h set- and h-font- should help you; some things are set in your profile.do file but others are set through the preferences; look at the "managing your preferences" section under -h unixfonts-
>
> Rich
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mosi Ifatunji <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Feb 23, 2013 1:19 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: st: Setting general preferences using syntax
>>
>> Rich,
>>
>> This was a good lead. Now I know that I will need to create my own profile.do file to run when I start Stata. However, I am still trying to locate the syntax for setting my general preferences.
>>
>> For example, if I wanted to set my opening font to courier 12, what syntax would I have to write in the profile.do file? Can you set things like fonts and colors using just syntax or do you have to use the menu system?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -- Mosi
>>
>>
>> On Feb 23, 2013, at 12:47 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> -h profile-
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mosi Ifatunji <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Feb 23, 2013 12:38 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: st: Setting general preferences using syntax
>>>
>>> Statalist,
>>>
>>> I am converting from mostly using Stata on my local machine to using Stata mostly on a Unix server. This means that every time I open Stata, the general preferences are in the default. I would like to create a .do file that I can run when I open Stata on the Unix server that will set all of my colors and fonts so that I do not have to do this manually each time.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to do this? If so, can you point me in the direction of the basic syntax for setting these general preferences?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -- Mosi
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