Does history panel also show changes made by hand into browser- seems some changes I have made are missing

[Will Hall]

I am creating a do file that indicates all of the changes I have made to my data
I am using the history tab on the browser window to copy the commands I have run
When I click on a cell and type in new data by hand in the browser, it appears that sometimes it doesn't register as a command in the history panel
therefore if I were to create a do file from this it would be incomplete - so this is very important

In other words, if I am in the browser, click on a cell, and then copy paste data into it, or just delete it, or change it, does it then show up as a stata command in the history pane?

Thanks

[Rich Goldstein]

do you mean the "browser" or the "editor"; the browser does not allow data changes; here is a quote from the help file: "modifications to the data by
editing in the grid are not permitted." So, exactly what command are you using?

[Will Hall]

Hi there thanks for responding --
so in the data editor where all the data are displayed like a spreadsheet
I can click individual cells as long as I'm in "edit" mode
but the results window and history pane of the results window don't seem to actually register all of these "by-hand" edits
so I can't generated a do file by copy pasting the history pane...