Tim Huegerich

It sounds like you're talking about the Stata "splash" (like the first output shown in [this example](https://www.stata.com/python/pystata18/notebook/Example1.html))? That should be turned off by default. To be sure you're using nbstata,...

I thought the YAML would be `jupyter: nbstata` Otherwise, what would you like me to look at, your nbstata config file? Whatever it is, I'm happy to help.

My first thought: Have checked if it works without a config file? You could just move that one to a different directory temporarily.

Otherwise, maybe try shortening the path to just `/Applications/Stata/StataMP.app`. I think that's what it's looking for.

To get the config file working, try re-running the install program with the `--conf-file` option: https://hugetim.github.io/nbstata/user_guide.html#install-nbstata That should create a working config file for you, which you can then edit...

Have you tried the `%status` magic I suggested above to check that the config file you think is being used is actually the operative one? Try putting it by itself...

Can you paste the output from the `%status`? Really, I'm just wondering what it shows for which config file it is using, if any. That should be the last line:...

Yes, I definitely support something like that in principle, though I would want to double-check whether that proposed syntax is the right choice. A PR would be most welcome.

It looks like the default [INI file structure](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/configparser.html#supported-ini-file-structure) doesn't support tuple values directly, but we could do custom processing of the string "(8, 5)" (with error-handling, ideally). If you'd rather...

Related: #646