[Gretl-devel] Re: ui-maker and no_const
Am 26.07.2024 um 19:30 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 10:15 AM Sven Schreiber
<sven.schreiber(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> - The package specifies "no-data-ok" and this also shows up in the info.
However, when executing the package GUI, a warning dialog with "this requires a
dataset" appears.
I think that's because your package depends on SVAR, which requires
time-series data.
Ah, good point. Although then the follow-up question why is it
just
asking for an unspecified dataset, and not for time series? Indeed I
just tested with the panel dataset abdata.gdt, and didn't get the error
message, although of course the underlying SVAR functions cannot do
anything sensible with panel data.
> - The GUI_SVAR_setID_uimaker function is declared as the ui-maker, and requests
no_const both for the lists X and Y, as well as no_singleton for Y. However, in the GUI I
can execute the package under all those cases that are supposed to be prevented.
Your package doesn't seem to specify a menu attachment: that's
required for the ui-maker to kick in.
Hm, I see. But what's required per the documentation strikes me as
reasonable, namely: "The ui-maker is called internally when the relevant
dialog box is to be shown" and "...the dialog box shown when the
gui-main function of a package is called". Why should the menu
attachment be a necessary ingredient there?
thanks
sven
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