the fix so precisely. The revised version 1.1.2 will
be public as soon as possible.
Nick
[email protected]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Harbord [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 15 July 2004 17:57
> To: Statalist
> Cc: Nick Cox
> Subject: RE: st: -examples- downloadable from SSC
>
>
> Thanks for writing this Nick - a very good idea. I'll
> include it in our next
> Introduction to Stata course - i'm sure the students will like it.
>
> One thing: I get an error if i type :
>
> . examples log()
>
> invalid 'Files'
> r(198);
>
> - although :
>
> . wexamples log()
>
> - works fine.
>
>
> I can fix it by changing the line :
>
> type `r(fn)', smcl
>
> - in the "special code for e.g. -examples log()- " bit of
> examples.ado to :
>
> type `"`r(fn)'"', smcl
>
>
> (i know it wouldn't happen if i didn't have Stata installed
> in "C:\Program
> Files..." i.e. a path with a space in it but there's not a
> lot i can do myself
> about that.)
>
> Roger.
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Roger Harbord mailto:[email protected]
> Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol
>
> --On 15 July 2004 16:26 +0100 Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > There has been a flurry of emails on -examples-
> > today. More people than Alan may be interested in
> > an explanation of where it is, at this instant.
> >
> > Thanks to Kit Baum, the version now on SSC
> > is -examples- 1.1.1 15 July 2004 and it
> > requires Stata 8.2. This is not so much
> > because the code depends on recent changes
> > to Stata, as because the examples of -examples-
> > refer to things that have only recently become
> > possible. Setting the version to 8.2 was my
> > signal to users: you need to -upgrade- your
> > Stata, and that is the answer to Alan. (Or,
> > get your local systems person to do it.)
> >
> > When I announced -examples- this a.m. (GMT),
> > I flagged three things as on a list to think
> > about:
> >
> > 1. -examples- needs to be fixed so that it understands e.g.
> >
> > . examples log()
> >
> > 2. Some people might want the examples to be shown in the Viewer
> > (perhaps through a -wexamples-, by analogy with -whelp-).
> > I'm agnostic about that, but interested in strong views.
> >
> > 3. -examples- needs to be smarter about echoing repeated
> > blank lines.
> >
> > All are now done, as of this p.m. (GMT).
> >
> > If you downloaded -examples- earlier today, please
> > reinstall:
> >
> > . ssc inst examples, replace
> >
> > Nick
> > [email protected]
> >
> > Alan Neustadtl
> >>
> >> I tried to install the examples program and on execution get
> >> the following message:
> >>
> >> . examples logit
> >> version 8.2 not supported
> >> r(9);
>
>
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