[ESS] ESS + Stata 10 + Windows XP

[Walke, Rainer]

Thank you for your answers.
It seems to me that there is no ready-to-use solution for ESS and Stata
10 (Windows).
I tried a workaround.

Start an infinite loop in Stata

emacsloop.do:
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local myfilename="U:\EmacsHome\statainput.do"
set more off
while 1 {
  capture confirm file `"`myfilename'"'
  if !_rc {
    capture noisily include `"`myfilename'"'  
    capture erase `"`myfilename'"'
    }
  sleep 1000
}
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Thanks to Roland's hint, I extended my .emacs file by
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(defun stata-submit (beg end)
   "writes the marked region (specified interactively by the marks
   'beg' and 'end') to the file specified as 'myfilename'.
    If 'myfilename' exists, file gets overwritten."
   (interactive "r")
   (setf myfilename "U:\\EmacsHome\\statainput.do")
   (write-region beg end myfilename))

(global-set-key [f7] 'stata-submit)
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It works. Clearly, I do not get the results back to Emacs.

I think for firm solution Stata automation could provide some tools:
http://www.stata.com/automation

Kind regards,

Rainer







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