Re: [Gretl-devel] Two GUI entry points for a package

On Fri, 30 Nov 2018, Sven Schreiber wrote: > > 1: Using the fact that recently function packages can depend on each > other, simply introduce a formally separate package, say guiSVEC, > which gets its own menu entry and a single public function. When > called and executed, it pulls in the SVAR addon on which it depends, > and calls the appropriate functions from SVAR in the background. > This solution wouldn't require changes in core gretl, AFAICS. > > > What do you think? My first reaction: I doubt whether many packages will require more than one GUI entry point, and it would be quite complicated to extend the function-package apparatus (which is already quite complicated) to support that. So I'd favour the option you mention first, a small "parasitic" GUI-oriented package which depends on SVAR. I think you're right in saying that wouldn't require changes in core gretl; anyway, running the experiment would be worthwhile.