Cannot Find Font Arial
by Paul Jones
Hi, I'm running Linux, Debian unstable, and I am getting an error
message everytime I try to display a time series plot in gretl.
The error is:
"Could not find/open font when opening font "arial", using internal
non-scalable font"
The thing is when I look in Gretl's configuration/temp folder (~/.gretl)
I see the time series plot I just tried to make.
I've tried setting the environmental variables GNUPLOT_DEFAULT_GDFONT
and GDFONTPATH with no success, and the arial font is installed.
I don't know where this error is coming from exactly so I can't even
begin to figure out how to fix it, and I use gretl all the time these
days so it is bugging me. In fact I have a project due tomorrow.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I deleted my configuration files, now the error message is asking for
"Vera." I imagine this isn't a Gretl problem, does anyone have an idea
of what it could be?
PJ
sorry about the last time I tried posting this. I should know better.
17 years
plot problems
by snvv101
Hello
I use gretl ver. 1.8.0 in debian with gnuplot ver 4.2.
The first line of the graph output (file) of gretl is :
set term png truecolor small size 680,400
and gnuplot fails. If I remove that line then I can create the graph.
Is is possible to configure gretl not to include the first line of the gnuplot
file?
Thank you
snvv
17 years
Heckit goodness of fit
by Starr, Brian
Is there a straightforward way to display a goodness of fit statistic for the Heckit two step estimator? I'm not seeing one listed in the standard output.
Thanks,
17 years
Correcting for inflation
by Raz Lev
Hello again,
I am trying to convert data to account for inflation.
I have an excel (or variable, whichever is better) with the cumulative inflation for every quarter between 1980 and 1990 (my period of interest) and in gretl data about salaries that contain, amongst else, the wage, and the year and the quarter in which the sample was taken.
What I want to do is to multiply all the wages from samples from quarter i, year j with the right inflation factor.
Any hints on how to do this?
thanks very much,
Raz
"I often see problems in the world and wonder why someone doesn't fix them. Then I realize that I am someone, and that makes me feel bad because it is all my fault."
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/fixing_the_world/
17 years
Generating a series with an if condition
by Raz Lev
hi
I am trying to run the following:
genr monthly_w_c = if (V4 < 6) V49/1000 else V49 endif
and am getting an error "The symbol 'if' is undefined"
is there a way to generate the series in one command or do I need to create a list of 1/1000s and 1s and multiply?
thanks
"I often see problems in the world and wonder why someone doesn't fix them. Then I realize that I am someone, and that makes me feel bad because it is all my fault."
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/fixing_the_world/
17 years
"Clustered errors" option
by Brian Quistorff
Hello, I'm a bit new to Gretl, so please excuse me if this is obvious.
When running a regression, is there a way to cluster the errors around a
particular variable? I want to allow the variance-covariance matrix of the
errors to have a block-diagonal setup. In Stata, it's called "clustered
robust". Is this option available? Thanks very much.
Cheers,
Brian
17 years
Cannot Find Font Arial
by Paul Jones
Hi, I'm running Linux, Debian unstable, and I am getting an error
message everytime I try to display a time series plot in gretl.
The error is:
"Could not find/open font when opening font "arial", using internal
non-scalable font"
The thing is when I look in Gretl's configuration/temp folder (~/.gretl)
I see the time series plot I just tried to make.
I've tried setting the environmental variables GNUPLOT_DEFAULT_GDFONT
and GDFONTPATH with no success, and the arial font is installed.
I don't know where this error is coming from exactly so I can't even
begin to figure out how to fix it, and I use gretl all the time these
days so it is bugging me. In fact I have a project due tomorrow.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
PJ
Attaching screenshot of error message.
17 years
Heckit rho
by Starr, Brian
At the bottom of the Heckit output is a "rho" metric. Does anyone know what it is measuring?
17 years
gretl Conference 2009 programme
by Ignacio Diaz-Emparanza
Hello gretl users,
the programme for the gretl Conference 2009 (May 28-29, Bilbao, Spain) is
already published at
http://www.gretlconference.org/programme
If you are planning to come to Bilbao for the conference, please remember that
the period for early registration finishes on April 18.
--
Ignacio Diaz-Emparanza
DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMÍA APLICADA III (ECONOMETRÍA Y ESTADÍSTICA)
UPV/EHU
Avda. Lehendakari Aguirre, 83 | 48015 BILBAO
T.: +34 946013732 | F.: +34 946013754
www.et.bs.ehu.es
17 years
R: Re: [Gretl-users] Gretl and X-12-ARIMA and TRAMO/SEATS
by deriv＠libero.it
I tried to do your suggestion but it does not work, in the variable menu in
Gretl the mentioned 2 programms are visible in light grey but they are not
openable when you click on them.
----Messaggio originale----
Da: cottrell(a)wfu.edu
Data: 03/04/2009 16.36
A: "deriv(a)libero.it"<deriv(a)libero.it>, "Gretl list"<gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.
edu>
Ogg: Re: [Gretl-users] Gretl and X-12-ARIMA and TRAMO/SEATS
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009, deriv(a)libero.it wrote:
> I just downloaded Gretl for Windows and the X-12-ARIMA and TRAMO/SEATS
> software but I cannot reach these last programms from the "Variable" menu
in
> Gretl.
> I just run the self-installer file for both of them. Do I have to choose a
> particular directory where to download the programms?
Running the self-installers should be sufficient (then re-start
gretl after doing so).
Do you have a seasonal time series dataset loaded? Try, for
example, the supplied Ramanathan data file data9-7.
Allin Cottrell
17 years
