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Re: st: Features for Stata 14
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Phil Schumm <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Features for Stata 14
Date
Tue, 3 Sep 2013 13:14:31 -0500
On Sep 3, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Nicole Boyle <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't think these were incorporated in either Stata 12 or 13 (at least for the Mac)...
>
> (1) Do-file editor improvements, including:
>
> -Consistent indentation of wrapped lines
>
> -Code folding (currently, I think this might be available only to Stata for Windows)
>
> -Autosuggestion/autofill options (for variable names and commands... this would not only greatly speed up initial code writing, but would also help prevent needless spelling errors that slow down code execution)
>
> -Multiple selection edits (hard to explain, but Sublime Text has this and it looks useful)
First, Stata 13 for OS X does have code folding. WRT auto-indentation (or tidying), command or variable/name completion, and multiline editing, Stata's do-file may get these at some point, but Stata will likely never have the full features and flexibility of a dedicated text editor. Thus, if you want these features, select a good text editor. For example, TextMate (together with the Stata bundle) provides all of the features you describe above (and more).
> (2) Other general suggestions:
>
> -Allow for "undo" (Command/Control + Z) and "redo" edits of code written in the command line (remarkably unavailable in Stata 12 for Mac)
Works for me in Stata SE 13 (OS X); cmd-Z for Undo, and shift-cmd-Z for Redo.
> -More functionality via keyboard shortcuts (for instance, I still can't break code execution from the keyboard on Stata 12 for Mac)
cmd-period
-- Phil
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