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RE: st: RE: RE: Plots: save, log, ...
Anyone interested in converting logs to HTML
might want to check out -log2html- from SSC
if they don't know it already.
On a different note: the FAQ is totally explicit.
Please do not send attachments to Statalist.
Nick
[email protected]
David Elliott
> Some further thoughts. First, I want to make it clear that this is a
> real kludge, but it works!
>
> Imagine this:
>
> log using example.html, replace
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------
> log: W:\data\example.html
> log type: text
> opened on: 15 May 2006, 20:46:43
>
> note <pre>
>
> . [graph command]
> . graph export test.png
> file test.png saved
> . note <img src=test.png>
> . note </pre>
> . log close
> log: W:\data\example.html
> log type: text
> closed on: 15 May 2006, 20:49:11
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> . winexec "C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\firefox.exe"
> file:///W:/data/example.html
>
>
> What the above does is it writes some truly bastard html that most
> browsers will be able to render. Using note, one can insert html
> tags. The pre tag tells the browser to treat what follows as
> preformatted text. This should cause the browser to include all
> spaces, line breaks and such and render in a monospaced font. The
> graph export result in a portable network graphics file that can be
> shown in a browser with the img tag, again inserted using note.
> Finally the pre tag is closed and the log is closed.
>
> If you are using windows, the winexec command followed by the path to
> your browser and the html log file URL will bring up the log in your
> browser.
>
> I don't know if the tags in this example will come through, many
> mailers strip HTML. I am attaching a zipped version of this message
> just in case.
>
> DCE
>
> On 5/15/06, David Elliott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > There is another possibility here if you want graphs to be readily
> > accessible from your log file.
> >
> > Imagine this scenario, saving your log as SMCL:
> >
> > log using example, replace
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------
> > log: W:\data\example.smcl
> > log type: smcl
> > opened on: 15 May 2006, 20:46:43
> >
> > . [graph command], saving(test)
> >
> > file test.gph saved
> >
> > . di "{stata graph use test:Display test graph}"
> > Display test graph
> >
> > . log close
> > log: W:\data\example.smcl
> > log type: smcl
> > closed on: 15 May 2006, 20:49:11
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------
> >
> > . view W:\data\example.smcl
> >
> >
> > The viewer will show the log file with a hot link to the
> graph itself.
> > When you click on the "Display test graph" text, the graph will be
> > loaded. This process could be easily automated. It all depends on
> > how exactly you want to use the output.
> >
> > I look forward to the day when a SMCL to HTML option does
> all this for us...
> >
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