Re: [Gretl-devel] Function packages on Windows: new path permanently added
On Sat, 6 Oct 2018, Sven Schreiber wrote:
I'm noticing that with the Oct 4th snapshot in the (local)
function package list window a (preliminary) package appears that
lives in a non-standard path.
This is new I think, because it used to be that one could switch
to a user-specified path, and then only those packages from there
was shown. If one reverted to the standard listing, the
non-standard paths would be forgotten again.
Is this a bug or a feature?
Sorry it has taken a while, but anyway... I don't think this has
changed lately. When gretl is asked to show function packages "on
the local machine" we search in the following locations:
* the "system" functions directory, which will be under /usr on
Linux (possibly /usr/local if self-compiled), /Program files/gretl
on Windows;
* the "functions" subdirectory of the user's "dotdir" (which is
where packages will go on "install" if the user doesn't have write
permission on the "system" directory); and
* the user's current working directory.
Allin