Thanks to Kit Baum, -fedit- is available
from SSC.
-fedit- (think -f-ind file and -edit-)
is just a very small convenience wrapper
program which exploits the addition of
the new -findfile- command in Stata 8.
-fedit- finds a text file along the path
searched by -findfile-, which is by default
the -adopath-, and then fires up a text
editor to examine that file.
The version of -fedit- distributed from SSC
fires up the inbuilt Stata do file editor -doedit-.
-fedit- will be most useful to those wishing to use
a text editor of their choice from within Stata
with minimal typing, in particular without spelling
out the paths of the file and of the editor executable.
Users are encouraged to modify -fedit- so that it fires
up their own favourite text editor if they prefer.
However, users are explicitly warned that it is
emphatically not good practice to modify official
Stata files, even if you really do know exactly what you
are doing. Either way, users should take full responsibility
for what they do with this program.
Given Stata 8
- to look at the program or the help file
. ssc type fedit.ado
. ssc type fedit.hlp
- to install
. ssc inst fedit
Nick
[email protected]
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* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
