I've just put a second attempt at an all-in-one native quartz
package of gretl in place at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gretl/files/osx-testing/
Hopefully this should address some of the points made in relation to
my first try, though I'm sure there will be some problems remaining.
* Interactive gnuplot use should now work.
* Ctrl-F2 should work to access the main window menu (or
fn-Ctrl-F2, if Ctrl-F2 is taken by the OS to control the
LCD brightness, as on a Macbook Air).
* Command-w should work to close more windows than before.
* There's now a functioning theme selector under Preferences/
General. I've made "Clearlooks" the default; "Lion-like"
may look a bit more Mac-ish, but I suspect it may be flaky.
If you're testing this, I recommend that you first delete your
~/.gretl2rc file, if present.
Not sure about file-type associations; I've done something that I
think should be helpful but I'd be interested to hear if they're now
working.
As for "Alt-key" navigation of menus, my research[*] tells me that's
not a Mac thing, and it seems we can't have it both ways; it's
totally disabled in gtk-quartz. But having got to the main menu via
Ctrl-F2, you can navigate via initial letters of menu items or arrow
keys.
[*] See (among many other references),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_key
Allin