Re: [Gretl-devel] wish list
Thanks for the response, Allin.
1) clear console: granted, this is mainly aesthetic. Maybe because I was used to
gauss/matlab when I started with gretl, I like to be able to clean up the console from
time to time. One difference between gretl and matlab, which may push me in favor of
"never mind," is that there's no "script output" in gauss/matlab.
So if I'm debugging a program in one of those, being able to clear the console
isn't just aesthetic -- it's important for keeping track of errors, etc. Not an
issue in gretl. [btw, I'm usually not anal-compulsive enough with such things ;-)]
2) rtf format: I had a hunch that serious horribleness might be the case with this. Would
it be possible to add an option to "set" that would control significant digits?
Or would that not play nice with rtf either? I should mention that I bring this up wearing
my teacher hat -- for my research I use LaTeX.
3) sounds good.
thanks again,
PS
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From: gretl-devel-bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu [gretl-devel-bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu] On Behalf Of
Allin Cottrell [cottrell(a)wfu.edu]
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 5:19 PM
To: Gretl development
Subject: Re: [Gretl-devel] wish list
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010, Summers, Peter wrote:
I've had a few things on my wish list for gretl for some time
now, and in preparation for the coming semester I thought I'd
finally get around to proposing them. These are features that
are available on other programs that I use (matlab mostly), that
I think would streamline gretl a bit (for me, anyway).
1) have some way to clear the console window (but retain the
command history), like clc in matlab
Why is that a useful thing? (I know it seems to be a popular
notion, that any sort of terminal-like application should have a
"clear screen" function, but I don't understand its popularity.
If you'll pardon me, it seems rather anal-compulsive.)
2) allow formatting of rtf model output similar to what's
available for LaTeX (number of digits reported, etc)
If you've ever tried to code an RTF table... Sorry, but the RTF
table syntax is seriously, seriously horrible to the point of
being almost unusable. (One index of how horrible it is: a
slightly mal-formed RTF table can easily crash any Microsoft
Office application. Yes, crash it, not just have the table
rejected.) I really don't want to go there, but if any other brave
soul is willing then we'll entertain patches.
3) allow matrices to be copied or exported from the icon view
to excel, latex, csv, etc. Being able to control the number of
digits would be nice here too.
Given that we're showing matrices in the Icon View, I agree that
it makes sense to be able to copy/export them in some form via the
GUI. I think the practical formatting options are (a) the
equivalent of what the "mwrite" function does, and (b)
comma-separated values.
Allin
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