On Sun, 26 Jun 2011, Sven Schreiber wrote: > Steps: > > 1) open the list with function packages on local machine > > 2) let gretl look in an additional directory to become aware of other > packages -> more packages appear in the window list > > 3) close the list window > > 4) re-open the list window, the additional packages have disappeared > > I guess this isn't intended? No, it is intended. The function listing gives you (a) the gfn files in the expected system location, plus the gfn files (if any) in the current working directory. Access to other locations is transient.