[Gretl-devel] gretl 2021c released
Apologies for cross-posting, but here's the change log for the 2021c
release, now available at http://gretl.sourceforge.net/
2021-08-30 version 2021c
- New function contains(): indicates whether a numerical
object contains members of a specified set
- New function bcheck(): aids in handling bundle arguments
to user-defined functions
- New command "panspec": substantially, the old "hausman"
command under a different name; for the moment, "hausman"
is still kept as an alias for backward compatibility
- fcstats() matrix row labels: distinguish U1 vs U2 variant
of Theil's U statistic
- msplitby(): allow for more flexible syntax
- printing of bundles: sort members by type and key
- "print" command: make more flexible, it now includes
most of the functionality of "eval"
- "var" command with --lagselect option: add a --minlag
option to allow testing against 0 lags, or imposing the
assumption that at least p > 1 lags are needed
- "set" command: new variable "datacols" to control the max
number of series to print side by side
- "foreign" command mechanism: updates to support version
4.1.0 of R and version 8.0 of Ox Console
- "eval" command: introduce "=" as an alias
- extend the ".=" operator to the "strings .= string" case
- GUI: introduce experimental features: plot collections and
integrated console
- GUI: add option to use the tab key as the trigger for
autocompletion in the script editor and console
- GUI: add command-line options: --new to start a new gretl
instance unconditionally and --single to use a single
program instance unconditionally
- GUI script editor: make the Find box appear at the foot of
the window, not in a separate dialog
- GUI: provide larger (24 pixel) toolbar icons for use on
small, high-density displays in particular
- GUI: numerous other small fixes and enhancements
- MS Windows, 64-bit: update to gnuplot 5.4.1, patched to
avoid too-big fonts on Windows with Ultra HD display
- Fix bug: spurious results from "system" command in case of
exact collinearity
- Fix bug: spurious reduction of the sample range in the grid
variant of "panplot" with some patterns of missing values
- Fix bug: wrong results from the polyfit() function when
applied to panel data
- Numerous additional small bug fixes
- Internals: make "libset" code more compact and efficient
- Internals: clear out old gettext variants that encoded
translations in a Windows code page rather than UTF-8
- gretl_bundle.h: rename argument named "template" to avoid
trouble with C++
- Substantial enhancements to the SVAR and regls addons
- New "logging" addon
- New, substantially updated Russian translation
- Cleanup: remove the "arbond" command, in favor of "dpanel",
and add some dpanel enhancements
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Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC