Thanks for your comments, Mike, but I'm afraid the problem is still
there. Getting to your questions:
- Both versions are abolutely up-to-date, using update all and update
swap afterwards.
- I entered exactly the same commands on both computers. Up to the
last comma, parenthesis, line continuation sign.
- I did not copy the command code in my previous email, defiying, the
FAQ's, because I did not consider it essential to the problem that
lcolor does not work in any case. But here is one example:
. twoway (line difftosynth_10000 year, lcolor(black)) (line
difftosynth_65 year, lcolor(gs12))
option lcolor() not allowed
r(198);
It does not work in a simpler case, either:
. twoway line difftosynth_10000 year, lcolor(black)
option lcolor() not allowed
r(198);
- Again, all of these very same commands work on that other computer
running WinXP.
- Now that I am trying, here's another thing that does never work: lpattern():
. twoway line difftosynth_10000 year, lpattern(dash)
option lpattern() not allowed
r(198);
I have no clue at this point. Thanks for any suggestions, once again.
Davide Cantoni
On Aug 15, 2007, at 10:28 AM, Michael Hanson wrote:
In my experience, the purported Mac vs. PC aspect of your problem is a
red herring. More likely, one of the two following situations exist:
1. You have not entered *exactly* the same commands on both computers.
The error you report can be caused by a misplaced comma or
parentheses, or possibly by forgetting a line continuation (such as
"///") -- all of which are difficult to spot with the unaided eye.
Relatedly, you have not followed the advice of the Statalist FAQ: "Say
exactly what you typed and exactly what Stata typed (or did) in
response. N.B. exactly!" To reiterate: *exactly*!
2. Your version of Stata is not completely up-to-date on your Mac,
relative to the PC you tried. Type -update all- and follow the advice
given. Don't forget to "swap" the executable if instructed to do so.
(That is, launch the new Stata program that is placed in your
/Applications/Stata folder -- don't keep running the outdated one.) A
less-than-complete update could create an environment in which
standard commands produce non-standard results or errors.
Hope this helps.
-- Mike
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