Re: [Gretl-devel] Feature Request 1886987
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Am 05.02.2008 20:59, Allin Cottrell schrieb:
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> But this has a "preserve" option:
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> dataset clear --preserve
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> which has the effect that existing named matrices are not destroyed.
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> Similarly, the commands "open" and "nulldata" have a --preserve
option:
> clear most stuff out, but keep matrices.
I guess this does not cover scalar variables, what about the new string
variables?
Nothing but matrices, so far. But scalars and strings are worth
thinking about.
Or to put it differently: What's the rationale behind displaying
scalars in the list of variables, but matrices as items in the
session view? And where (if anywhere) are the strings and lists?
With respect to scalars I guess the reason is historical, but
then I would suggest a reform according to some (intuitive?)
guideline.
Yes, this should be sorted out at some point. However, there's
_some_ sense in the current ad hoc setup, in that it would be
silly to give scalars icons in the session view, not so silly to
do that with matrices, IMO.
There's no GUI representation of saved lists or strings. I can't
see any use for giving the latter such a representation, but one
could probably think of a use for the former.
Allin.