gretl 2017b released
by Allin Cottrell
See http://gretl.sourceforge.net/
2017-05-26 version 2017b
- "gnuplot" and "plot" commands: support --font option for
PDF, EPS and EMF output
- "rename" command: add a --quiet option
- "arma" command: support --robust (QML) option
- "mle" command: support the --cluster robust option
- "midasreg" command: several fixes and enhancements
- "modprint" command: accept an array of strings as the
"names" argument
- Allow adding lists as such to bundles
- fcstats() function: expand the accepted set of arguments
(mix series and vectors, handle multiple forecasts)
- New function deflist() for defining a list (of named
series)
- New function defbundle() for initializing a bundle
- New function xmlget() for extracting data from an XML
buffer (similar to jsonget)
- New function smplspan() to determine the number of
observations within a specified time-series range
- New function GSSmax(): one-dimensional maximization via
Golden Section search
- GUI: revamp Time series model menu and ARIMA specification
dialog
- Fix bug: some operations that check status of a model's
list of regressors failing inside functions, or when a
model was estimated with no printed output
- Fix bug: ensure that the $model accessor (bundle) is
available to function packages that attach to a model
window
- Fix bug: breakage in column headings for the printout of
multinomial outcome probabilities in GUI
- Fix bug: "catch" failing in loops under certain conditions
- Fix bug: plot with the --band option could fail in locales
that use the decimal comma
- Validate $-bundles as legitimate function arguments
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Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC
7 years, 6 months