Re: st: subscripting in Stata help file?

["Roger B. Newson" <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

I think it's because this would involve introducing a whole bunch of 
multiple fonts into the Stata viewer. Like mutiple sizes, maths symbols 
and Greek/Hebrew letters.
Best wishes

Roger

Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Respiratory Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine
and Public Health Group
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College London
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On 13/01/2014 21:51, Ariel Linden wrote:
> Thanks, Roger!
>
> I wonder why Stata does not allow the full array of SMCL tools to be used in
> .sthlp files?
>
> Ariel
>
>  From 	  "Roger B. Newson" <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>
> To 	  statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject 	  Re: st: subscripting in Stata help file?
> Date 	  Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:34:03 +0000
>
> Hi Ariel
>
> I think the {sub} tag is only supposed to work in graph text. I don't see
> any way it can be implemented in SMCL as used in .sthlp files. In my .sthlp
> files, I always express subscripts using underscores. The online help for my
> -parmhet- command gives some examples of this.
>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Roger
>
> Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
> Lecturer in Medical Statistics
> Respiratory Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine
> and Public Health Group
> National Heart and Lung Institute
> Imperial College London
> Royal Brompton Campus
> Room 33, Emmanuel Kaye Building
> 1B Manresa Road
> London SW3 6LR
> UNITED KINGDOM
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7352 8121 ext 3381
> Fax: +44 (0)20 7351 8322
> Email: r.newson@imperial.ac.uk
> Web page: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/
> Departmental Web page:
> http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/nhli/respiration/popgene
> tics/reph/
>
> Opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the institution.
>
> On 13/01/2014 21:07, Ariel Linden wrote:
>
>      Hi All,
>
>      In writing a help file, I would like to use a subscript, however it
> doesn't
>      seem to work as intended. Y{sub:t} shows up just like that, as opposed
> to Y
>      followed up with subscript t.
>
>      Thanks!
>
>      Ariel
>
>
>
>
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