Re: [Gretl-devel] GUI problem with "save as"
On Fri, 30 Sep 2011, Sven Schreiber wrote:
here's what seems to be an "interface problem" in some
sense, although I
also have that déjà vu feeling as if we discussed this before...
Anyway, I just chose "save data as / standard format", then selected a
subset of all variables to be saved, and entered a new filename
("transfer1.gdt"). This operation as such went fine it seems -- when I
open that new file in a new gretl instance, everything looks good.
However, in the main window of the old instance the line below the menu
bar (on Ubuntu) says "transfer1.gdt", but the window still lists all
variables, not the selected subset. So either the status information
saying "transfer1.gdt" must be wrong, or the display of all the old
variables, right? Or am I missing something and there's a
straightforward meaning to it (quite possible)?
I agree, there's something wrong here. If you save only a
subset of the currently defined series under some name, we
probably shouldn't change the displayed datafile name to the
new name.
We could, I suppose, ask something like "Do you want to switch
to the smaller dataset?" but that could create problems.
There's no restriction on the selection of series to omit when
saving a data subset, but there are restrictions on the series
you're allowed to delete in the course of a session, depending
on currently saved models and so on.
Allin