On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote:
For locale-using users, I would suggest to make the error message of
the
define-new-variable dialog more informative: For example: "The symbol
',' is invalid in this context; if you used it as a decimal separator,
you must use '.' for this dialog (sorry for the inconvenience)".
Yes, that's a good idea.
An unrelated minor issue: Isn't it strange that to create a new
variable
(by manually entering values, not via formula) one has to
1) select an (arbitrary) existing variable,
2) click edit values
3) choose add new variable in the dialog window?
Hmm, that hadn't occurred to me. I suppose that when you choose
"define a new variable" there should be an intermediate dialog:
"Define using formula" versus "Enter values" (or similar).
Meanwhile, there is a work-around. Use the formula, e.g.,
x = NA*const
then right-click on x and "Edit values".
Well, on second thoughts an intermediate dialog is probably not a
good idea. Defining a new variable by typing values is likely to
be a relatively rare choice, and an extra dialog step would just
slow things down most of the time. Any clever suggestions?
One possibility, if it's not too obscure: add a check-box to the
define variable dialog, something like "Force the result to be a
series". Then you could enter "x = NA", "x = 1" or whatever,
then
open the new series for editing.
Allin.