I have used Stata 9 (Windows SE) for about 1 1/2 days. Here are several
issues for me.
1) Each -help something- opens a new window unless I want to type the
option -,nonew- I almost always I want only one window. Could there be a
"fix" that allowed one to choose having -nonew- as the default with -new-
as an option?
2) I notice when displaying a long list that Stata 9 sets page size at 47.
Stata 8 set it at 41. I have to set page to get -more- to work as it did
previously. Now it is below the bottom of the results window. Not a big
problem, but was this intentional?
3) When I am running a do file that makes graphs and includes the name()
option, the graphs appear correctly in named windows (very nice). However,
when I -use- graphs that already exist as files (gph) the name() option
does not work right:
. graph use preddoc.gph,name(g1)
produces a graph of preddoc.gph labelled g1
. graph use predhaq.gph,name(g2)
Eliminates the display of g1 and replaces it with predhaq.gph but labels it
as g1 not g2.
Unless I misread this, there are 2 problems. (1) Stata 9 won't show 2
graphs and (2) it labels the graph names incorrectly.
4) I used to be able to paste from my text editor into the Stata editor,
with Control-8. Then Control a - v and d ran the program. Now control 8
opens a new window each time - which has to be deleted (closed) individually.
In addition, once the doedit file is open if you want to select it you
can't use control 8 as it gives you a new file. You have to carefully
select the "named" file with the mouse to get it to redisplay.
Could there be a new Control-function # that accessed the last open editor
file?
While much of this is a matter of taste, using multiple windows as the
default for the editor and help viewer really adds lots of key strokes over
and over again during a working day.
Fred Wolfe
Fred Wolfe
National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases
Wichita, Kansas
Tel (316) 263-2125 Fax (316) 263-0761 [email protected]
