Re: [Gretl-devel] construct lists in the GUI
On Tue, 2 May 2017, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Am 02.05.2017 um 20:42 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
> On Tue, 2 May 2017, Sven Schreiber wrote:
>> The user would get a very simple one-line window, where for example she
>> could enter "sdums = seasonals(1,1)". The help button might lead to an
>> enumeration of list-returning functions, but a very generic help would
>> also be OK (as in "read ch. 14.1 of the guide").
>
> Main window, right-click, Define new variable. The Help could do with some
> updating. But you can easily add a list that way.
Aha! That wasn't obvious to me (never occurred to me) given that stuff like
"define new matrix" is an extra item. Perhaps the menu label could be amended
with "or list".
Hmm, yes, back in the day "variable" meant series. We'll have to
find a way to flag the fact that that's no longer the case.
Allin