Re: PSPP Windows 7 Terminal mode (Joe Genshlea)

[Harry Thijssen]

Hi Joe

If you have the syntax edit screen  opened  there is a file button and when opened you find a "save as". The file you saved can be used in the terminal mode and with PSPP.

Furthermore you will find a pspp.jnl journal file which also includes all your commands. This can be very helpfull for building your syntax with the gui. Copying pspp.jnl to my-syntax.sps, or what ever, and remove the output and unnecessary parts can be a quick way to reach your goal.

Have fun

2015-08-04 17:51 GMT+02:00 Joe Genshlea <address@hidden>:

I'll try both those suggestions.  The main reason I want to script my processes is that I need to apply the same meta data (Variable and value labels)  to different files.    If there is a way to save the file layout then I can do everything in PSPPIRE.

On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:11 AM, Harry Thijssen <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello-

I'm a big time NB, so please bear with me.

When running PSPP in terminal mode on windows the first character of the
executed line carries forward to the following line.  I can't seem to get
around this

Examples:

PSPP> GET DATA
G

PSPP> DATA LIST LIST
D

if I type "/" sometimes the cursor will tab forward and allow me to enter a
subcommand, but then the following line will render with a "p"

PSPP> GET DATA
GET DATA
    > /TYPE=TXT
pTYPE=TXT

.1-5: error: GET DATA: Syntax error at `pTYPE': expecting `/'.

.1-5: error: GET DATA: Syntax error at `pTYPE': expecting TYPE.


I've installed two different versions on my Windows 7 computer and observe
the same behavior. The version I'm currently running is PSPP-084-20150224


I know this must be really obvious.  Thanks for your patience.

Joe

Hi Joe

I can confirm this behavior. But I don have an idea how to solve it. Software build from the current  sources has the same problem.
If PSPP is started from the commandline with a .sps file as parameter it works fine.

A work around is using PSPPIRE and work from the syntax window.

Have fun

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