Re: [Gretl-devel] Accessing pdf manual via gretlcli

On Tue, 19 Dec 2017, Artur T. wrote: > Dear all, > > from time to time I receive questions for some of my packages, and often > direct people to the manual of the package first. In case the manual is > written in the text format "help pckg-name" helps (even though I've > experienced that this doesn't work for all packages). > > However, in case the manual is in pdf format this does not work. Is it be > possible to open the pdf automatically if one types "help cointARDL" into > gretlcli (take my own packg. as an example)? It seems that gretl newbies > are not always aware of how to access the help file... Maybe this would > make life easier. Agreed. In many cases, "help gig" or "help SVAR" would be a life-saver.