Trouble with setting up markstat to PDF

[Jakub Cwieka]

Hi everyone! I am struggling to properly setup markstat by German Rodriguez to generate PDF file from my analysis. I followed his instructions carefully, installed both Pandoc and MiKTex, as well as stata.sty files. Despite it when I run the command on a test file, the program gets stuck on a "Running Latex" phase; the cmd console opens up, Stata freezes and I have to shut down the cmd. Stata produces this line:

Running Latex
C:\Users\cwiek\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\mikte x\bin\x64\pdflatex.exe
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.26 (MiKTeX 24.4) (preloaded format=pdflatex.fmt)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(test.tex
LaTeX2e <2024-11-01>
L3 programming layer <2024-11-02>
(C:\Users\cwiek\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\article.cls
Document Class: article 2024/06/29 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
(C:\Users\cwiek\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\size10.clo))
(C:\Users\cwiek\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\tex/latex/xcolor\xcolor.sty
(C:\Users\cwiek\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\tex/latex/graphics-cfg\color.cfg)

(C:\Users\cwiek\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\tex/latex/graphics-def\pdftex.def
)
(C:\Users\cwiek\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\tex/latex/graphics\mathcolor.ltx)
) (stata.sty
(C:\Users\cwiek\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\alltt.sty)
(C:\Users\cwiek\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\tex/latex/tools\calc.sty)
(C:\Users\cwiek\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\ifthen.sty)
! Undefined control sequence.
l.51 \ifluatex

? ^C
file test.pdf not found

I couldn't find any solution to this, has anyone had such problem and knows the way around?

[Bert Lloyd]

I would start by confirming that you can complete each step outside of Stata, just to be sure if it's a markstat / Stata problem or a more basic problem with your Pandoc / MikTeX setup.

So create a very very simple tex file, make sure you can compile it, then check that Pandoc is handling markdown -> tex -> PDF correctly, then add stata.sty to the mix, etc.

Once you are sure that everything is working outside of Stata, it should be easier to isolate any problem with markstat / Stata per se.

My guess from your log-file is that there is a problem with your LaTex setup, and markstata / Stata are not the issue:

! Undefined control sequence.
l.51 \ifluatex

[Bert Lloyd]

Jakub Cwieka please report back with your results in case future Statalisters have a similar issue.