[ESS] ESS + Stata 10 + Windows XP

[A.J. Rossini]

Looks good, thanks for the input.

We (ESS core) have often hoped for a Stata expert/user/interested
party to try to make the connection better.   2 people have
contributed small bits, but there is starting to be a good candidate
for bit-rot in the code (I've not used Stata in a "daily manner" since
around 1998 or so, and no longer have access to the product in my
current job).



On 12/12/07, Walke, Rainer <Walke at demogr.mpg.de> wrote:
> 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:
> ---------------------------------------------
> 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
> }
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> Thanks to Roland's hint, I extended my .emacs file by
> ---------------------------------------------
> (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)
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> 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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