Re: [Gretl-devel] dataset browser: add type/structure information

I can see a case for a simple additional column, say "dimension", which could have, for example, "n = 1200" for a cross-sectional dataset, "T = 96" for time-series, or "N = 20, T = 30" for a panel. Here's a fairly simple rainy-day task for somebody: go through the supplied data files (maybe in the first instance just the ones under the "Gretl" tab) and compose a little text file on the same format as the existing "descriptions" file, so for instance: "abdata","N = 140, T = 9"

I'm aware that we _could_ read that info automatically from the gdt files, but in the interest of responsiveness I think I'd rather not (gunzip and) parse a bunch of XML files on the user's accessing a tab in the data browser -- though I suppose that might be worth the experiment (how long does it really take?). Downside for me: I would have to code that experiment!