I've been trying to find a way to run a do-file that I am editing in vi
from vi. I think I came up with a way to do this that you might find
useful. The advantage of this method is that it does not open a new Stata
session (unless there is not one open). It essentially turns F8 into a
save-n-do button like the one in the Stata Do-Editor.
This works for Stata SE on XP and gvim. It may work elsewhere with the
appropriate modifications.
Step 1
I used a free and open source program called AutoIt to create a script
that I run from vi. You can download the software from
http://www.hiddensoft.com/.
I created a file called do.au3 that contained the following code. You
might want to change the pathnames to suit your setup
; This program do.au3:
;
; (1) Opens a Stata session if one Is NOT yet open
; (2) Gets the do file path and then runs that file:
;
; Once you compiled the script to make do.exe:
; Syntax is "run c:/.../do.exe c:/.../dofile.do"
;
; DVM 6/22/04
If WinExists("Stata/SE 8.2") Then
;Put in the pathname from the vi loop
WinWaitActive("Stata/SE 8.2")
Send("do " & '"' & $CmdLine[1] & '"' & "{Enter}")
Else
;Run Stata
Run("c:/program files/stata8/wsestata.exe")
WinWaitActive("Stata/SE 8.2")
Send("do " & '"' & $CmdLine[1] & '"' & "{Enter}")
EndIf
Step 2
Compile the do.au3 script using AutoIt2 program. This will make the do.exe
file.
Step 3
In your _gvimrc file, include the following lines. Make sure the pathnames
are correct.
" These 2 commands will map F8 to
" (1) save and run the current do-file in Stata
" (2) open a Stata session if one is not open and execute (1)
:map <F8> :<C-U>call RunIt() <Enter>
:imap <F8> <Esc>:<C-U>call RunIt() <Enter>
" <C-U> cancels the range in case you have a count pending in Normal mode
or if you use it from Visual mode.
fun! RunIt()
w
!start "c:/program files/autoIt3/examples/english/my programs/do.exe"
"%:p"
endfu
Step 4
Hit F8 to test of this works.
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