Re: [Gretl-devel] gretl 1.8.5?

I have a few bug reports and suggestions before the 1.8.5 myself: 1)- Gretl crashes choosing the "XY Scatter Plot" option from the right click menu. 2)- The little "^" signs for sorting the variables based on ID# etc seem a little strange. I don't know if it is just me but I see three "^" signs for the three columns visable at all times. I would normally expect to see just one of them, since there is only one sort criteria. 3) I agree that there are enough bug fixes and feature improvements for a new release but I feel that some of them still need some finishing touches. I think it would be really nice to relase gretl 1.8.5 after perfecting the new GUI features with a few minor additions such as: a)- Adding a "restore model sample" option in the Edit menu for the model window so that the user does not have to close and reopen model windows just to get the newly implemented and convenient dialog box for restoring the sample option. b)- I still don't see why saving fitted values, residuals and squared residuals need to be disabled while the various tests can be very neatly done without reverting to the model sample. c)- I think it would be complementary to the refinements for the GUI "model table" to improve the LaTeX output of the "summary statisitcs" table as well. In particular, it would be very nice to be able to set the number of significant digits and also disable some statistics in favor of a one-part table. 4)- I second Sven's request to implement the gnuplot "fit" options for time-series plots. In fact here is a suggestion: Since we now have a separate "lines" tab, how about removing fitted line option from the main tab and instead add a small icon next to the formula line for specifying a new line? This new icon should give a drop down list of the various available fitted line options including a few more such a heteroscedasticity corrected ols fitted line. This way we can easily create graphs with more than one fitted line. I think this would be powerful. I hope these are considered before the new release. Cheers A. Talha Yalta On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; wrote: -- “Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) --