Re: [Gretl-users] TeX export issues

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Talha Yalta wrote: > I have been using the TeX export functionality of gretl, which > is very useful. I also noticed some problems. I don't know if > these are bugs but I wanted to report nonetheless: > > 1- In the TeX file of the model tables I see the > "\footnotesize{}" command before each item in each cell, which > makes the table difficult to read and touch up in LaTeX. > Wouldn't it be better if there was \begin{footnotesize} and > \end{footnotesize} at the beginning and the end of the table? No. The "footnotesize" specification is not used in every cell. It is used to make the standard errors (or t-ratios) smaller than the coefficients. > 2- In some cells I have "$\,\,$" or $\,$. I am not sure what > these are for (I just erease these). In TeX "\," is a "thinspace". This is used to improve spacing when the default is not ideal. Typsetting a regression equation is not a standard TeX task, and I find that these extra spaces are desirable. > 3- Instead of the "$-$0.7971$^{**}$" format, wouldn't it be > better for all the cells containing numbers to just be in the > formula mode such as $-0.7971^{**}$ ? No, that would produce undesirable results for very large and very small coefficients, where the C library's "printf()" produces representations such as "2.456e-06". The exponent part looks quite wrong if the entire number is in TeX math mode (it seems as if "e" is a variable). > 4- After experimenting a little bit, I now see that 6 models is > what can be fit in a portrait page. Still, could you please make > it 8 or even 12? I know 6 will be enough for most purposes > however: a)- there might be need for more than 6 in some cases > (right now I need 8) b)- Even though more than 6 is difficult to > fit in a portrait page, it is possible to choose a landscpe page > later (would be even better if there was an option for this in > TeX export options). A landscape option would be good, I agree. I'll take a look at the other possibilities too. > 5- Request: I don't know how difficult this is to implement but > exporting a table in a way where all &'s are vertically alligned > would make it easier to read and edit in TeX later... I see how that could be useful. It would be quite tedious to code, I'm afraid! ;-) Allin. _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users