Re: st: How to get -project- to log in text instead of smcl.

[Robert Picard <picard@netbox.com>]

Sometimes computers are pretty picky, try

translate "`master'/hello.smcl" "hello.log", replace

(with the "smcl" instead of "scml").

For a more general solution to those who would like text log files,
how about an extra option on the -project, do()- call, as in:

project, do(hello.do) txtlog

Robert

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez
<jorge_perez@brown.edu> wrote:
> Thank you for the guidance.
>
> I understand your arguments for smcl, this is definitely a personal
> preference. I usually use Notepad ++ for Stata dofiles, and I want to
> see my dofiles and logs in the same window. smcl puts a lot of clutter
> in my logfiles when reading from a external text editor that does not
> interpret smcl.
>
> A smcl language definition for Notepad ++ would solve my problem partially.
>
> At the moment, I am trying to put calls to -translate- after execution
> of the embedded dofiles but it fails on the first call. I think it
> fails on the first run because the smcl files have not yet been
> created. This would imply the translate commands will not work if I
> try a fresh rebuild after using project, rmcreated.
>
> Here's an example, My master dofile is:
>
> project, doinfo
> local master "`r(pdir)'"
> local doname "`r(dofile)'"
> project, do(hello.do)
> translate "`master'/hello.scml" "hello.log", replace
> project, do(hello2.do)
> translate "`master'/hello2.scml" "hello2.log", replace
>
> And my nested dofiles hello and hello2 are both the same:
>
> di "Hello World"
>
> If I try to build my project, the -translate- calls crash. This does
> not change if I remove the `master' part from the dofiles adresses.
> See the log at the end.
>
> Is there any way to solve this? Thanks!
>
> . project, setup
> r; t=0.13 15:20:29
>
> . project , setmaster("C:\Users\JorgeEduardo\Dropbox\test\master.do")
> +--------------------------------------------+
> |                  Project                   |
> |                                            |
> | Name    Full path to directory             |
> |--------------------------------------------|
> | master  C:/Users/JorgeEduardo/Dropbox/test |
> +--------------------------------------------+
> r; t=0.03 15:20:34
>
> . project master, build
>
>
> Project directory : C:/Users/JorgeEduardo/Dropbox/test
>
> C:/Users/JorgeEduardo/Dropbox/test/master_files.dta not found or not
> in Stata format
> Build start: 12 Nov 2013, 15:20:42
> ===================================================================================================
> project master > do-file uses original: "master.do" filesig(3095391302:230)
> (note: file C:\Users\JorgeEduardo\Dropbox\test\master.smcl not found)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>       name:  plog_1
>        log:  C:\Users\JorgeEduardo\Dropbox\test\master.smcl
>   log type:  smcl
>  opened on:  12 Nov 2013, 15:20:42
>
> . project, doinfo
> project master > Project Name: master
> project master > Project Dir.: C:/Users/JorgeEduardo/Dropbox/test
> project master > Build start : 12nov2013, 15:20:42
> project master > Do-file Name: master.do
>
> . local master "`r(pdir)'"
>
> . local doname "`r(dofile)'"
>
> . project, do(hello.do)
> project master > do-file uses original: "hello.do" filesig(54926172:16)
> (note: file C:\Users\JorgeEduardo\Dropbox\test\hello.smcl not found)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>       name:  plog_2
>        log:  C:\Users\JorgeEduardo\Dropbox\test\hello.smcl
>   log type:  smcl
>  opened on:  12 Nov 2013, 15:20:43
>
> .
> end of do-file
>       name:  plog_2
>        log:  C:\Users\JorgeEduardo\Dropbox\test\hello.smcl
>   log type:  smcl
>  closed on:  12 Nov 2013, 15:20:43
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> project master > do-file creates: "hello.smcl" filesig(3005518999:444)
>
> . translate "`master'/hello.scml" "hello.log", replace
> file C:/Users/JorgeEduardo/Dropbox/test/hello.scml not found
> r(601);
>
> end of do-file
>       name:  plog_1
>        log:  C:\Users\JorgeEduardo\Dropbox\test\master.smcl
>   log type:  smcl
>  closed on:  12 Nov 2013, 15:20:43
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> r(601); t=0.14 15:20:43
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> --------------------------------------------
> Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez
> Graduate Student
> Department of Economics
> Brown University
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Robert Picard <picard@netbox.com> wrote:
>> This has been discussed previously on statalist, with a thread starting with:
>>
>> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2013-08/msg00492.html
>>
>> Generally, I feel that text formatted log files lose visual
>> information and functionality (hyperlinks) compared to smcl. At any
>> time, -translate- can be used to convert from smcl to text (or PDF) so
>> I don't quite understand the need for text log files.
>>
>> One of the reasons why -project- ignores the -set logtype- is that,
>> like globals, its scope extends beyond the currently running do-file.
>> What happens if you change the log format interactively; does that
>> invalidate the whole build? What happens if you include a -set
>> logtype- within a do-file; is -project- supposed to remember the
>> setting if the do-file is skipped in a subsequent build?
>>
>> On the other hand, I suppose there could be an overall setting for
>> each project. I'll put this on my list of things to think about.
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez
>> <jorge_perez@brown.edu> wrote:
>>> I have been using the user written command -project- by Robert Picard,
>>> version 1.2.0 on Stata 13.1.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to make project produce log files in .txt extension
>>> instead of the default smcl? -project- seems to override Stata's -set
>>> logfile- settings.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez
>>> Graduate Student
>>> Department of Economics
>>> Brown University
>>>
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