Re: [rkward-devel] rkward import module for Stata

2009-09-26 Thread Michael Ash
> 2) I believe Stata also has support for variable labels? If so, then it would > be nice to convert those labels to the RKWard format as is done in the > import_spss plugin. (Be sure to include one or two variable labels in the > sample file). > > Labeled values of factors are set automatically by

Re: [rkward-devel] rkward import module for Stata

2009-09-25 Thread Thomas Friedrichsmeier
Hi, On Friday 25 September 2009, Michael Ash wrote: > However, the "File name" box in import_stata will not accept URL's. I > do not know very much about KDE or xml, but I suspect that the > following line in import_stata.xml (borrowed from import_spss.xml) > specifies that only files, not URL's,

Re: [rkward-devel] rkward import module for Stata

2009-09-25 Thread Michael Ash
I have a question about modifying the file browser for the import_stata module. read.dta(), the R command that reads in Stata files, will accept URL's for the filename and read Stata data directly off the web. Try for example: mydata <- read.dta("http://courses.umass.edu/econ753/berndt/stata/ch

Re: [rkward-devel] rkward import module for Stata

2009-09-23 Thread Thomas Friedrichsmeier
Hi, On Wednesday 23 September 2009, Stefan Rödiger wrote: > @Thomas: > * I guess I need to make an entry in the wiki about the status of the > plugin. But where is that located currently? it's here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/rkward/index.php?title=Development_Status_of_Plugins I've

Re: [rkward-devel] rkward import module for Stata

2009-09-23 Thread Thomas Friedrichsmeier
Hi Michael, On Tuesday 22 September 2009, Michael Ash wrote: > I have used the import_spss template to write an import_stata module. > I changed the various options and flags from the read.spss() command > to the read.dta() options. So far it is working for me, although it > is possible that the

Re: [rkward-devel] rkward import module for Stata

2009-09-22 Thread Stefan Rödiger
Am Dienstag 22 September 2009 22:08:58 schrieb Michael Ash: > Dear developers, > > I just discovered rkward and am very impressed. I mostly write > scripts but have used R Commander with students and look forward to > suggesting rkward as well. > > I have used the import_spss template to write a

[rkward-devel] rkward import module for Stata

2009-09-22 Thread Michael Ash
Dear developers, I just discovered rkward and am very impressed. I mostly write scripts but have used R Commander with students and look forward to suggesting rkward as well. I have used the import_spss template to write an import_stata module. I changed the various options and flags from the r