Re: Re: st: profile.do

[n j cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>]

I would put it differently. You can include

set more off

in a do-file but it doesn't have a persistent effect. It only operates 
until the end of the do file. This is generic to do files, and beyond. 
Experiments with something like

* --------------------------- setmoreoff.do
set more off
* ---------------------------

clear
set obs 1000
do setmoreoff
gen id = _n
l

will show that the do-file does nothing that persists beyond its own 
termination. Adding -, permanently- makes no difference to that as far 
as I can tell. At this moment I don't have access to a manual, so I 
can't see if the manual says more than the help on this detail.

I surmise that the rationale for this behaviour is that it is more 
likely to be what you really want than the opposite. -set more off- is 
usually for here and now, and temporarily. That means, _within_ a 
program, do file (including code currently in do file editor) or 
interactive session, but not beyond.

Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk

David Jacobs <jacobs.184@sociology.osu.edu>

Stata deliberately does not let users alter the set more off command
in the profile.do file although I can't remember why.

Dave

>I'm using Stata 9 and I made a profile.do file so that when Stata opens
>it sets the mem to 500m and sets more off.  I see that the little do
>file runs every time Stata opens, but it does not set more off.  Does
>anybody have any idea why?  Here is what is in the profile.do file.
>
>set more off
>set memory 500m
>
>and here is how I know it is actually running.  This is the message I
>get now whenever I start Stata:
>Notes:
>       1.  (/m# option or -set memory-) 10.00 MB allocated to data
>       2.  (/v# option or -set maxvar-) 5000 maximum variables
>
>
>running C:\Program Files\Stata9\profile.do ...

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