[Gretl-devel] Re: two problems with "setinfo ... --description=..."

On Fri, 29 May 2020, Allin Cottrell wrote: > On Fri, 29 May 2020, Sven Schreiber wrote: > >>> Some new evidence here: When going to "edit attributes" of that >>> modified >>> series (via right-click) the new assigned descriptive label is shown >>> alright in the attribute window. So it seems it's just the main window >>> where the variable's description isn't updated. >>> >>> If you want to try for yourself you can use the version of the >>> series_calculator package I just uploaded to the staging area: (1) Run >>> the sample script, then (2) execute the package in the GUI and specify >>> "output" as the return series while leaving the other arguments at >>> defaults. Expected: the descriptive label gets overwritten with >>> something not containing sin or cos, but in reality nothing visible >>> happens. >>> >> Can someone verify this behavior/bug? Should I enter it in the bug >> tracker? > > Nothing visible, no. But if you go to "Edit attributes" for the > redefined "output" series (or execute "labels" in he console) you'll > see that its description has in fact changed, it's just that the main > window display is not getting synced. I'll try to find what signal is > missing. This is now fixed in git and snapshots.