Some TODO items re documentation and user interface
by Cristian Rigamonti
Hi devel-list, here you are a list of TODOs I compiled while debugging the
current CVS version.
- Documenting command line options: some options defined in /lib/src/interact.c
are not documented in the "usage" function in /cli/gretlcli.c: these are the
-d, -w and -c options. What's their meaning?
- Man page: I think this needs some updating, and perhaps adding a man page for
the "gretlcli" command, documenting its own options.
- User guide:
- starting.tex: fix the section "The main window menus", accordingly with the
new menu structure
- functions.tex: fix the section about function packages, accordingly with the
new menu structure
- Documenting the "Alt-X" functionality
I think I can give a try to fix these (except maybe the last one, and with some
hints from you for what concerns the first one), if nobody is already working on
it.
Cri
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20 years
function package updates
by Allin Cottrell
A few fixes in today's CVS, pertaining to the menu item
/File/Function files/On server:
* Remove redundant "Find" button (this can be reinstated when we
have enough function packages on the server to warrant it).
* Add a "Call" button, to let the user try out a function from
the server without installing it permanently.
* When the user does choose to install a package from the
server, update this window appropriately (i.e. change "Not
installed" to "Up to date" for the relevant file).
* Mark various strings in this vicinity for translation.
Please let me know of any breakage in this area!
Still to be done: set up a mechanism whereby function packages
can signal their data needs (e.g. function X only works on time
series data).
Allin.
20 years
TeX: documentation and options
by Allin Cottrell
You may have noticed that I've added a guide chapter
specifically on gretl's TeX functionality.
In the course of writing this up, I've come to wonder: Do you
think we ought to make pdflatex + PDF viewer the default for
viewing TeX output on Linux as well as Windows and OS X?
Pro: while DVI is traditional on X11, for novice users it's
more user-friendly to have a preview that's directly printable.
And it'll simplify the documentation some if the default is the
same on all platforms.
Con: latex + xdvi generally gives a faster preview (though
actually xpdf is pretty fast -- not sure about gpdf or kpdf, or
whatever is used for PDF on KDE).
Allin.
20 years
