Display config file errors in notebook

[hugetim]

They're not being displayed for some reason, passing silently with then only the "pystata module not found" error showing in the notebook.

I've been using stata_kernel for a long time and tried to migrate to nbstata. However, after installing turns out that any command in JupyterLab yields "ModuleNotFoundError: pystata path not found. A Stata 17+ installation is required to use the nbstata Stata kernel. If you already have Stata 17+ installed, please specify its path in your configuration file."

P.S.: I'm using Stata/MP 18 in a Linux machine.
P.S.2: By "any" command, it includes %set stata_dir = "(...)".

Any suggestion on this?

[hugetim]

Yes. The solution is probably to specify both the stata_dir and edition in a configuration file, like the example shown here: https://hugetim.github.io/nbstata/user_guide.html#configuration-optional

The name and location of the config file should be as shown here: https://hugetim.github.io/nbstata/user_guide.html#kernel-setup-options

If you've already tried to do that, check the format of the config file, as well as the name and location. (Unfortunately, due to this bug, you're not getting a more informative error message to help you, but I hope to get that fixed later this week.)

Thank you @hugetim. I tried what you suggested by precisely (i) uninstalling nbstata, (ii) installing it with

python -m nbstata.install ---prefix nbstata --conf-file

(iii) opened the file and set

[nbstata]
stata_dir = /apps/stata18/stata-mp
edition = mp
(...)

(iv) checked that running /apps/stata18/stata-mp in the terminal indeed opens Stata/MP 18, and (v) then try running it in JupyterLab.

However, it did not work. Did I lose any step?

[hugetim]

Change the config file line from

stata_dir = /apps/stata18/stata-mp

to

stata_dir = /apps/stata18

And then I think it will work.

Super -- it worked! Thanks, @hugetim.

[hugetim]

They're not being displayed for some reason, passing silently with then only the "pystata module not found" error showing in the notebook.

It is specifically the error in config.Config.init_stata, if the stata_dir and edition set in the config file do not work, that is not showing something more helpful.

edit: Other config file errors were also not showing as intended.

[hugetim]

Fixed with 396ba8d and d81ad7c