Re: [Gretl-devel] packages: no-dataset-ok but still error about no dataset?

On Mon, 11 Dec 2017, Sven Schreiber wrote: > Am 10.12.2017 um 22:14 schrieb Allin Cottrell: > >> I found it: nothing to do with packing a data file -- the point is >> that although FEP nominally does not require a dataset in place its >> gui-main function requires a series argument. Which tends to imply >> that its no-data-required status only really applies to use via >> script/command-line. This is a case we haven't seen before. Maybe >> there's a way around it... > > Right, but that basically means that gretl is right in demanding a > dataset when the GUI-main function is going to be called. > Maybe then nothing needs to be changed after all...? Maybe, but I think we should probably offer to open the package's sample script, which is what we do for packages that explicitly require a dataset, when there's no dataset loaded.