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Re: st: Setting log type with -project-
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Setting log type with -project-
Date
Wed, 14 Aug 2013 01:02:11 +0100
You can also translate SMCL to HTML. Of course, there are many ways to do that.
-log2html- (SSC) offers one on the back of an undocumented feature.
Nick
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On 14 August 2013 00:58, Robert Picard <[email protected]> wrote:
> I see. Obviously only Stata can make sense of an SMCL formatted file.
> But there is no need to skip the extra formatting just in case you
> need to share or print with others who do not have Stata. Using
> -translate-, you can even produce pdf documents directly. You can also
> include a -translate- after a nested do-file to create a
> ready-to-share pdf document:
>
> project, do("dofile1.do")
> translate "dofile1.smcl" "dofile1.pdf", replace
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Roberto Ferrer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I use a2ps (linux) in order to print all log files (and a table of
>> contents) in my -project- using only a couple of lines in a bash file
>> (Linux). The smcl tags are printed and shift everything to the right,
>> creating line breaks in the whole file. Also, unnecessary clutter in
>> the pdf.
>>
>> I don't know if printing to pdf using Stata commands has this problem.
>> It probably prints to pdf in "pretty format", not the source, which is
>> why you see no problem.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Robert Picard <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Maybe I'm missing something but what's the problem with printing a
>>> SMCL log file to pdf?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Roberto Ferrer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I too prefer smcl for visualizing log files while I work on the
>>>> computer. But I also print to pdf all log files generated by
>>>> -project-. Printing smcl to pdf doesn't make much sense. I use the
>>>> pdf's to share and review when not using my PC.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Robert Picard <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> I feel that plain text log files loose some visual information (and
>>>>> hyperlinks) as compare to what is seen in Stata's result window so I
>>>>> set -project- to always use SMCL format. At any time, -translate- can
>>>>> be used to convert any SMCL format log file to text format so I
>>>>> assumed this would not be much of a burden.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you want plain tex log files as a matter of personal preference or
>>>>> is it related to sharing them with people that do not have Stata?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> set logtype only sets the default log type. If the command log
>>>>>> using"..." specifies explicitly the log format, then the default is
>>>>>> ignored. So you have to find the "log using ..." command in the quoted
>>>>>> package and check what's written there.
>>>>>> Best, Sergiy Radyakin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Roberto Ferrer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> Regarding the user-written package -project- by Robert Picard and
>>>>>>> installed using:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> net from http://robertpicard.com/stata
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried changing the log type:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -set logtype text-
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> both in the main do-file and in a nested do-file. Neither worked for
>>>>>>> me; I keep getting smcl. Is it supposed to be like this or am I
>>>>>>> missing something?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you.
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