Execution line (`do <file>`) is not executed in Stata if Command pane is completely hidden

[acarril]

When Stata's command pane is fully hidden, the program is only able to paste the execution line do <file>, but it won't select the text that was already in there (with crtl+a) and, most importantly, won't execute the line (with Return).

I have no clue what may be causing this issue, although it is a minor one.

[avila]

funny bug. Apparently when the command pane is hidden, stata's accepts any input only once. And then the focus goes somewhere else. This can be overcome by typing Ctrl+1 in between every keystroke. So the following works:

if [ ! -z "$winid_stata" ]; then
    xdotool key  --window ${winid_stata} --delay 10 ctrl+a
    xdotool key  --window ${winid_stata} --delay 0 ctrl+1
    xdotool type --window ${winid_stata} --delay 0 "${string}" 
    xdotool sleep 0.010 #sleep in seconds
    xdotool key  --window ${winid_stata} --delay 1 ctrl+1
    xdotool key  --window ${winid_stata} --delay 1 Return
else
    echo "No Stata window open."
    exit 1
fi

I'm not sure I would implement it though because it is very sensible to the --delay flags. After long testing, the above constellation of delays worked quite reliably. But still, I am not sure how the delay of 0 might affect older machines.
I am writing here in case someone really wants to use the command pane fully closed. it does work fine (without any of the xdotook key ctrl+1 lines) if the command pane is nearly fully closed.