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Re: st: doedit foo.do
On Mar 27, 2009, at 8:48 AM, David Airey wrote:
Oh right, I had a conversation with Stata about this when they were
fixing a doeditor problem.
When? -help whatsnew- notes that the 06mar2009 update addressed
three issues with the 64-bit Mac executable (items 2, 3, and 6).
None sound like the issue you mention, however.
On the mac typing
doedit
brings up a temporary file that can be saved.
I am running Stata/SE 10.1 (32 bit) on a MacBook Pro with OS X
10.4.11. When I type -doedit- in the Command window of Stata, an
empty do-file editor window opens with the title "Untitled.do".
I have muscle memory (I feel) from a prior version of Stata that
would create the file after typing doedit foo.do.
When I type -doedit foo.do-, an empty do-file window opens with the
title "foo.do". (Of course, the file is only written to disk after
saving it.) If this action does *not* also happen for you, David,
then the key is likely not the Mac vs. other platforms, but some
other specific attribute of your setup: the 64-bit executable, the
Stata/MP flavor, the combination of the two, or your OS (you are
running Leopard, not Tiger, correct?). My hunch is a "bug" snuck
into the 64-bit Stata executable on the Mac (maybe only for MP).
Hope this helps,
Mike
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