Dear Michael,
they all need to be saved as separate .ado files (and respective .hlp
files). Notice how NJC writes filenames after the "----" separators.
This hints the users where the appropriate portion of the code needs
to be saved, when multiple files are involved.
Regards, Sergiy
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Michael McCulloch <[email protected]> wrote:
> I like this approach, and it echoes a thread from last week about
> abbreviations. Will those new ado files be saved, or do they need to be
> re-invoked for each Stata session? And, if it needs to be re-invoked, could
> they all be launched by one do-file such as "my_abbreviations.do"?
>
>
>> Spelling out a point made by Sergiy Radyakin:
>>
>> Suppose you write foobar.ado and want Stata to recognise
>>
>> foo
>> foob
>> fooba
>>
>> as abbreviations. The slow but sure way to do this is by wrapper files
>>
>> ---- foo.ado
>> program foo
>> foobar `0'
>> end
>> ----
>>
>> ---- foob.ado
>> program foob
>> foobar `0'
>> end
>> ----
>>
>> ---- fooba.ado
>> program fooba
>> foobar `0'
>> end
>> ----
>>
>> In other words, it is easy, if a little tedious. `0' is the way to echo
>> whatever followed the command name to the command being called.
>>
>> It would be good practice to include a -version- statement in each
>> program.
>>
>> However, if any of the abbreviations are official Stata commands, or
>> abbreviations thereof, you will get them instead, unless in some cases you
>> mess with -adopath- (which is emphatically not recommended).
>>
>> 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...
>>>
>>> Eva
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