[Gretl-users] Re: gretl command log bug
Thanks, Artur, that's good to hear.
Allin
On Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at 11:50 AM Artur Bala <artur.bala.tn(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I don’t see neither cases on MacBook Pro (mis -2014), MacOS Big Sur, 11.7.11.
> Everything works as expected with the Command Log.
>
> Hope it helps,
> Artur
>
> Le ven. 27 févr. 2026 à 3:14 PM, Cottrell, Allin <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> a écrit :
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 7:40 AM Sven Schreiber
>> <sven.schreiber(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>> >
>> > Am 26.02.2026 um 23:15 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
>> > > We've had some reports lately of users on Windows and Mac having
>> > > difficulty accessing gretl's "Command log" (an item under
the Tools
>> > > menu in the main window). It seems you sometimes get a "Data
error"
>> > > when trying to do this. That's unfortunate since the log is
supposed
>> > > to help as a bridge between point-and-click and scripting (by showing
>> > > you the command-line equivalent of things you've done via the
>> > > graphical interface).
>> > >
>> > > We think this is now fixed in the current gretl snapshots, which you
can find at
>> > >
>> > > https://gretl.sourceforge.net/win32/ (Windows)
>> > > https://gretl.sourceforge.net/osx.html (Mac)
>> > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gretl/files/snapshots/ (all
snapshots)
>> > >
>> > > Please let us know if you try the snapshot and find that the problem
>> > > is not solved.
>> >
>> > I'd like to test, but do we know under which circumstances the error
>> > happened?
>>
>> It is known to have occurred in one or other of these cases:
>>
>> 1. Open a dataset, estimate a model and save it "as an icon". Go to
>> Tools and select Command log. You might get "Data error".
>>
>> 2. As case 1, but after saving the model, save your session to file.
>> Exit and restart gretl, and open the session file. Then try
>> Tools/Command log.
>>
>> To be precise, I saw case 1 on Mac and case 2 on Windows.
>>
>> Allin