Re: [Gretl-devel] Possible manual reorganization
On Mon, 27 Jun 2011, Allin Cottrell wrote:
>> Actually, I think that at this stage hansl deserves its own
manual, more
>> or less like Doornik's "Introduction to Ox"
>> (http://www.doornik.com/ox/OxIntro.pdf). It's something I've been
>> thinking about for a while. The only problem is that it'd be rather time
>> consuming to write, and I'm not exactly idle in this period.
>
> But what is the advantage of having a separate file for the Intro to
> hansl? A dedicated part in the manual under that heading seems clear
> enough to me, and you don't get a proliferation of documentation
> locations/files.
I don't have strong feelings either way on the issue of a separate
manual for hansl, but I do think that at least some of Sven's
suggestions for reorganization make sense, even if as a temporary
measure.
I too like Sven's proposal, but allow me to insist on the "separate file"
proposal.
In the future, it is conceivable that the audience for Gretl's User Guide
and the Hansl reference will be distinct. Overlapping, sure. But there
will surely be people who are interested in "getting things done" in gretl
without having to write scripts. OTOH, if I was interested in learning a
new scripting language, I would very much welcome a self-contained, 80-odd
page document which only contains what I need, as opposed to a large chunk
of a much bigger book. But maybe that's just me.
Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Università Politecnica delle Marche
r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it
http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti