Re: [Gretl-devel] construct lists in the GUI
On Tue, 2 May 2017, Sven Schreiber wrote:
so I've started looking at the GUI with a fresh perspective (due
to teaching,
of course...).
I think it would be good if there were a (semi-) GUI way of constructing new
lists in a workfile, in analogy to the "define new variable" menu entry which
gives you a one-line text window where you can insert a formula.
Currently we have "Data/Define or edit list", but this only works with a set
of existing series. And of course there's the console.
So my suggestion is to either extend the window that you get when choosing
"Data/Define or edit list", or --perhaps more fitting-- have a new menu entry
"Add/Create new series collection in list" (label too long, I know...).
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.
Allin