Re: st: "Fixing" all windows (Results, command, review and variables) with Stata 11 for Mac

[Nils Braakmann <nilsbraakmann@googlemail.com>]

I switched because I wanted a small laptop (I went with the 13"
MacBook Pro) with enough battery power to write a paper on a
transatlantic flight but with enough computing power to run a few
regressions. Couldn't find that with a Windows PC. So, no religion
involved (and I still use a Windows desktop and another Windows
laptop, so if anything that would be polytheism at its best...).

Apart from that: Phil and Steve, thanks for the input. Maybe I'll give
it a try, I wasn't aware that the command windows comes up
automatically when you have the results window up front and start
typing (and hunting for that window was the biggest pain in the back).
However, I didn't like the floating window concept in Stata 9(?) under
Windows, so thanks for a way to get rid of it just in case, Phil.

Cheers,
Nils

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Data Analytics Corp.
<walt@dataanalyticscorp.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just curious.  Why the switch to a Mac?  I ask because I'm thinking about
> getting a Mac just to try it.  Any advantages?  Things to watch for?
>  Issues?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Walt
>
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> On 11/8/2010 11:27 AM, Steven Samuels wrote:
>>
>> -
>> Nils,
>>
>> When I switched from Windows to Mac 16 years ago, I felt as you do. But
>> after switching, I found advantages to having independent windows. In
>> Windows, Stata had mandated screen space for the Review and Variables
>> windows. On the Mac, I found myself rarely using them, whereas I was using
>> the Browser and Help windows much more often. Because the command window is
>> so small, there was little loss in having it float, especially since it
>> could be invoked by typing when the Results window had focus. I also liked
>> having windows as big as I wanted.
>>
>> Some tips: Arrange the windows where you would like them to be; Stata will
>> remember the positions from one session to another. Use the built-in
>> keyboard shortcuts to hide and show windows. Utilities like iKey and
>> Keyboard Maestro can enhance this process by giving mouse-free access to the
>> program menus (a Windows feature I still miss).
>>
>> My customization: I keep do-files open in BBEdit on the left of the
>> screen. I place Stata's Results window on the right, but I also open the
>> Browser and Viewer windows there, because I usually don't need to see more
>> than one of the three at a time. To view the pdf Manuals, it does help to
>> have a second monitor!
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 8, 2010, at 7:42 AM, Nils Braakmann wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I have recently switched from a PC to a Mac. One thing that bothers me
>> about the Stata version for Mac is that the results, command, review
>> and variable windows are separate windows. With the windows version
>> whenever I clicked on the "results" window, I also got the command
>> etc. windows to the front, which was something I really liked. On the
>> Mac I always have to go hunting for all windows whenever I switch from
>> the do-file editor back to the dataset to have a look at, say,
>> variable names or whenever I want to do some quick descriptive
>> statistics before deciding about some cleaning procedure, etc. Is
>> there a way to "fix" these four windows so that clicking on one of
>> them always bring all four up to the front?
>>
>> Any hints are appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nils
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