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Re: st: How to link the help file for a command to its immediateversion (or generally add aliases)


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: How to link the help file for a command to its immediateversion (or generally add aliases)
Date   Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:55:49 -0500

Yes. The help file for one command can be, in its entirety, a pointer to another help file.

Thus if you wish

. h commandi

to point to -command.sthlp-, just have

----------------------- commandi.sthlp
. h command
-----------------------

Nick
[email protected]

Eva Poen wrote:


Is it possible, for a user written command, to link the help file for
-command- to -commandi-? I.e., when typing -help commandi-, what
should show up is the help file for -command-, because it's all
documented in one file.

I came across the *help_alias.maint files in the Stata installation,
which I think do the job for Stata's official commands. I can't see a
way to add aliases (any, really, also abbreviations) for non-official
commands.

I'm forgetful with options, so I get to call the help files for my own
programs from time to time. Combined with my habit of inventing long,
akward names for programs, this is a lot of typing...
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