Re: [Gretl-devel] small bug in opening a file?
On Tue, 1 Oct 2013, Hélio Guilherme wrote:
Hi, Ignacio,
4) but from the GUI, opening the file through '/File/Open data/User file'
> I obtain the error
>
> xmlParseFile failed on /home/ignacio/gretl/file.dat
>
> If I call the gui from a terminal, gretl is reporting this error on the
> terminal screen:
>
> /home/ignacio/gretl/file.dat:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<'
not
> found
> xt yt
> ^
>
>
Some how Gretl is clever (in the other ways to open the file), to do an
Import before presenting data to us. You cannot open in GUI a non Gretl
file (only if you can import it).
Going with the GUI, you /File/Open data/Import/text_CVS the file opens
correctly.
In my OpenSUSE 12.2 64bit, I cannot even list the file in the Open User
file menu, because is not .gdt.
Yes, under /File/Open data/User file... one shouldn't see any .dat files,
the file-open dialog should filter so that only .gdt files show up.
However, depending on the set-up of the dialog it may be possible to type
in an unlisted name such as "file.dat", in which case you'd get the error
that Ignacio saw.
(on my first day of unemployment :( )
Commiserations! Hope you find something good before long.
Allin