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From | daniel klein <klein.daniel.81@googlemail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: [Stata 12] can't insert braces and other special characters |
Date | Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:18:40 +0200 |
Dirk, did you solve your problem? If so, mind to share the solution? I received my copy of Stata release 12 today and face the same problem. I am using Stata 12 (update 26 Jul 2011) for Windows 7. The keyboeard layout is German. I also noticed that the short-cut to open the do-file editor changed. It used to be <Strg>-<8> (where "Strg" is "Cntr" on english keyboards) and now is <Strg>-<9>. That does not bother me at all, but I am curious about the "braces" problem. Daniel Dirk wrote: Trying to use Stata 12 I can't insert a brace or other special characters into the command line or in the do-file editor such as "squared brackets" ( "{", "[", "]", "²" ). Instead of inserting the respective character Stata opens the help window (when using { ), the data editor (when using [ ), a new do-file (when using ] ) or does nothing (when using ² ). One should note that I use a German keyboard where all these characters are produced by pressing the key-combination <ALT-GR>-<number>, such as: <ALT GR>-<7> : { <ALT GR>-<8> : [ <ALT GR>-<9> : ] <ALT GR>-<2> : ² Stata: Version 12.0 (Revision 26-Jul-2011) Operating system: Windows 7 Keyboard layout: German * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/