Troubleshooting the installation of pandoc and latex took a significant amount of time in the session. Perhaps we could consider developing a manual or instructions for it and encourage attendants to make sure it works beforehand (i.e: that they can produce a pdf document in their computers). This should include instructions for users who don't have admin rights in their machines and some OS-specific variations (for example, that the executable paths for pdflatex and pandoc in Windows should include the .exe extension)
Opening a stmd file in the Stata editor is not straightforward for everyone. We could add specific instructions for it as well
pandocandlatextook a significant amount of time in the session. Perhaps we could consider developing a manual or instructions for it and encourage attendants to make sure it works beforehand (i.e: that they can produce a pdf document in their computers). This should include instructions for users who don't have admin rights in their machines and some OS-specific variations (for example, that the executable paths forpdflatexandpandocin Windows should include the.exeextension)stmdfile in the Stata editor is not straightforward for everyone. We could add specific instructions for it as well