Recently I have proposed to add a new feature to gretl in this thread:<br><br><a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&amp;aid=1871144&amp;group_id=36234&amp;atid=416806">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&amp;aid=1871144&amp;group_id=36234&amp;atid=416806
</a><br><br>Basically I have thought about a &quot;project&quot; manager to get a better script handling, automatic parameters loading,&nbsp; fast script running. This idea has several links with function packages and sessions concepts, that&#39;s why I decided to post&nbsp; It here to get any remarks.
<br><br>At the start gretl should read a file like this:<br><br>&lt;projects&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;project&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;name&gt;Name&lt;/name&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;author&gt;Author&lt;/author&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;email&gt;mail&lt;/email&gt;
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;version&gt;0.0.0&lt;/version&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;path&gt;/path/dir/dir/&lt;/path&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;descr&gt;This is cool&lt;/descr&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;run&gt;1&lt;/run&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;runs&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;run id=&quot;1&quot;&gt;
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;name&gt;Test ABC&lt;/name&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;db&gt;/dbs/abc.gdp&lt;/name&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;main&gt;1&lt;/main&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/run&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;run id=&quot;2&quot;&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;name&gt;Test XYZ&lt;/name&gt;
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;db&gt;/dbs/xyz.gdp&lt;/name&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;main&gt;3&lt;/main&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/run&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;runs&gt;&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;items&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;item id=&quot;1&quot;&gt;file_1.inp&lt;item/&gt;
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;item id=&quot;2&quot;&gt;file_2.inp&lt;item/&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;item id=&quot;2&quot;&gt;file_3.inp&lt;item/&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;items&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/project&gt;<br>&lt;/projects&gt;<br><br>to allow some improvements such as:
<br><br>- fast switching among projects;<br>- quick loading of several runs configuration for the same projects&nbsp; <br>- running the default master script from any other file of the project;<br>- no include statement needed
<br>- no nulldata/open statement needed<br>- easy export to function package of the entire project<br><br>Regarding to the concept of sessions Sven talked about in the thread previously posted,&nbsp; I don&#39;t see any dangerous clashes cause the session would still behave as a snapshot, eventually It should contain the reference of the project.
<br><br>What do u think about this? Useful? Useless? Let me know<br><br>Cheers<br>