- Windows
cmd.exe
, Mac OS Xbash
, or Linuxbash
. - Python 2.X (add to PATH)
- Stata MP (add to PATH)
- R (add to PATH)
- Lyx (add to PATH)
- SCons (Note that version 2.4.0 or later is best if using the cache).
- More information about SCons can be found here.
- git-lfs
- gslab_tools version 3.0.3 or later
- GSLab-modified Metropolis beamer theme
- YAML-related packages/modules:
The easiest way to install some of the applications above is to use Homebrew on Mac OS and Linuxbrew on Linux, as they will set up the PATH
variable for you, e.g., brew install scons
.
- The entire directory:
- In the root directory, type
scons
in the command line. This should run everything that is flagged as being modified or with dependencies that have been modified.
- In the root directory, type
- A single directory of targets:
scons build/data
will re-build thebuild/data
folder if it is out of sync, without rebuilding other files.
- A single target file:
scons build/paper/paper.pdf
will re-run only the code needed to updatebuild/paper/paper.pdf
without rebuilding other files.
See here for directions on making a 'release'.
In order to create a new repository using this template, either
- First, either:
- Fork this repository
- Create an empty repository in GitHub and clone it locally. Copy the contents of this template into the empty repository. Make sure to exclude the
.git
folder, but include the.gitattributes
and.gitignore
files. Re-run the entire directory usingScons
. Commit and push to the new repository.
- Setup a
user-config.yaml
in the root of the directory (note that this file should not be versioned):- MacOS or Linux minimal working example
stata_flavor: statamp cache: /Users/leviboxell/Google Drive/cache/template
- Windows 10 minimal working example (note the quotation marks)
stata_flavor: "%STATAEXE%" cache: C:\Users\Levi Boxell\Google Drive\cache\template
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