Recently I have proposed to add a new feature to gretl in this thread:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1871144&...
Basically I have thought about a "project" manager to get a better script
handling, automatic parameters loading, fast script running. This idea has
several links with function packages and sessions concepts, that's why I
decided to post It here to get any remarks.
At the start gretl should read a file like this:
<projects>
<project>
<name>Name</name>
<author>Author</author>
<email>mail</email>
<version>0.0.0</version>
<path>/path/dir/dir/</path>
<descr>This is cool</descr>
<run>1</run>
<runs>
<run id="1">
<name>Test ABC</name>
<db>/dbs/abc.gdp</name>
<main>1</main>
</run>
<run id="2">
<name>Test XYZ</name>
<db>/dbs/xyz.gdp</name>
<main>3</main>
</run>
<runs>
<items>
<item id="1">file_1.inp<item/>
<item id="2">file_2.inp<item/>
<item id="2">file_3.inp<item/>
..
<items>
</project>
</projects>
to allow some improvements such as:
- fast switching among projects;
- quick loading of several runs configuration for the same projects
- running the default master script from any other file of the project;
- no include statement needed
- no nulldata/open statement needed
- easy export to function package of the entire project
Regarding to the concept of sessions Sven talked about in the thread
previously posted, I don't see any dangerous clashes cause the session
would still behave as a snapshot, eventually It should contain the reference
of the project.
What do u think about this? Useful? Useless? Let me know
Cheers