Re: st: Setting log type with -project-

[Robert Picard <picard@netbox.com>]

Or use -print- if you can get it to work.

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> njcoxstata@gmail.com
>
>
> On 14 August 2013 00:58, Robert Picard <picard@netbox.com> 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 <refp16@gmail.com> 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 <picard@netbox.com> 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 <refp16@gmail.com> 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 <picard@netbox.com> 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 <serjradyakin@gmail.com> 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 <refp16@gmail.com> 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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