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

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.