Re: running syntax file from ui vs running syntax file from command prompt

2014-04-15 Thread John Darrington
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 01:04:56AM +0530, Thambu David wrote: I have a stata file in version 11. I want to convert it so i can open in PSPP is there a simple legal way? I cannot afford to buy stata or stat transfer I believe R has a "foreign" package which can read stata files

RE: running syntax file from ui vs running syntax file from command prompt

2014-04-15 Thread Thambu David
I have a stata file in version 11. I want to convert it so i can open in PSPP is there a simple legal way? I cannot afford to buy stata or stat transfer thanks Thambu Dr Thambu David S Professor and Head Medicine Unit 2 Christian Medical College, Vellore 632004, India ___

Re: running syntax file from ui vs running syntax file from command prompt

2014-04-09 Thread Kees Varekamp
I think a note in the docs would be sufficient. It's nice that you can use independent encodings for syntax/output On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Well, I solved the problem for you, but it's still terrifically confusing > and in the long run we need some better approach, so

Re: running syntax file from ui vs running syntax file from command prompt

2014-04-09 Thread Ben Pfaff
Well, I solved the problem for you, but it's still terrifically confusing and in the long run we need some better approach, so I'll try to keep thinking about it. On Apr 9, 2014 8:42 PM, "Kees Varekamp" wrote: > You are completely right - it looks fine now! > > Awesome, thanks. > > Kees > > > On

Re: running syntax file from ui vs running syntax file from command prompt

2014-04-09 Thread Kees Varekamp
You are completely right - it looks fine now! Awesome, thanks. Kees On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 09:09:28PM +1200, Kees Varekamp wrote: > > I am trying to run a utf-8 syntax script in PSPP 0.8.2 on win7 64bit, > but I > > think there is a problem

Re: running syntax file from ui vs running syntax file from command prompt

2014-04-09 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 09:09:28PM +1200, Kees Varekamp wrote: > I am trying to run a utf-8 syntax script in PSPP 0.8.2 on win7 64bit, but I > think there is a problem when I run the a syntax file from the command line: > --syntax-encoding as a start param does not seem to work: > > I have tried:

Re: running syntax file from ui vs running syntax file from command prompt

2014-04-09 Thread Kees Varekamp
Actually, it seems that both fail... The gui shows the labels correctly directly after you run the script in the gui, but if you close, then open the output that was generated by save /outfile, it is garbled again. So that would indicate it's not the --syntax-encoding param but instead the sav rea

Re: running syntax file from ui vs running syntax file from command prompt

2014-04-09 Thread Kees Varekamp
Here you are - running this script from the command line (>pspp thai.sps --syntax-encoding=UTF-8) gives garbled labels - opening it in the GUI (you need to manually select utf-8) works fine. Cheers, Kees On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:45 PM, John Darrington < j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> wrote:

Re: running syntax file from ui vs running syntax file from command prompt

2014-04-09 Thread John Darrington
Can you post an example syntax file which provokes the problem? J' On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 09:09:28PM +1200, Kees Varekamp wrote: Hi there, I am trying to run a utf-8 syntax script in PSPP 0.8.2 on win7 64bit, but I think there is a problem when I run the a syntax file from t