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From | Rebecca Pope <rebecca.a.pope@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: Setting default .do file template? |
Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:15:19 -0600 |
Hi Andrew, What do you mean by default template? Just the font, color, etc? Or pre-programming a set of commands that you always put in your do-files (this is what Scott Long advises in Ch 3 of Workflow). If the former, change the preferences in Stata. If the latter, it is just a matter of typing of creating a new .do file (call it e.g. template.do), saving it in a location common to all of your projects, and then starting with that file. Personally, I'd save it somewhere with an easy to remember file path so you can just type -doedit "filepath\template.do"- when you want to start a new file. p.s. I know what you mean by search results... I tried to search for your message to make sure there were no replies yet (had some delay issues lately). Your post didn't even show up in the archives w/ the search "do file template"; I had to browse by date! Best, Rebecca On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 5:55 AM, <graupel75@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > My question: how to personalize the default .do file template when > opening a new .do file editor? > > I had thought I saw a note in John Long's "Workflow of Data Analysis" > book, but alas.... I've also done quite a few searches of the archives > as well, but the search terms are too general. My apologies, as I > suspect this has been aired before. > > cheers- > Andrew Lover > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Epidemiologist > Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research (CIDER) > Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health > National University of Singapore > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/