Re: [Gretl-devel] gretl on OS X: next step
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013, Henrique Andrade wrote:
Em 17 de março de 2013, Allin Cottrell escreveu:
I've mentioned this a few times before: a build of gretl for OS X
> that does not require X11/XQuartz. Now, it seems to me, is the time.
> There's an experimental package (dmg) named gretl-quartz.dmg in
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gretl/files/osx-testing/
>
> This is an all-in-one package: no need for X11, and no need for a
> separate GTK framework. The dmg includes gretl 1.9.12cvs and a
> Mac-native build of GTK 2.24.17 and friends.
This is really amazing!
[...]
I think it's quite promising, though there are certainly some
issues that need fixing, and thanks for testing.
In a first test I found some (small problems):
(1) There is no file association
Double-click .inp or .gretl files doesn't open the script or sessions files.
True. Does this this work with the current X11 version?
(2) It is not possible to open my scripts
When I try to open a script using the menu (File > Script files > User
file...)
I get the following warning: "Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
/Users\
/henrique/Box Documents/Projetos/Artigos/Economia da Saúde/Medicamentos\
DF/Medicamentos DF.inp: Illegal byte sequence".
I'm able to open scripts OK. It sounds as if there is
something wrong with that particular script -- not UTF-8?
(3) Gnuplot is not launched It is not possible to launch
Gnuplot using "Tools > Gnuplot". Gretl shows this message:
"Couldn't find a usable terminal program".
Ah, yes. In this context we need to call the Terminal app --
or maybe aquaterm does the job? Some experimentation needed.
Allin