[Gretl-users] Recent menu changes

In case anyone's wondering, "Where did that menu item go?", here's an account of the changes I've made in the main window menus lately (some in response the comments of Talha and others, some prior to that). (This is all without prejudice to any larger scheme for reorganizing things, but might be helpful if we do decide to go that way.) Data menu: - Consolidated "Read info" and "Edit info" into "Dataset info" (you just get to read if it's a packaged data file; you can edit if it's your own data file). - Consolidated "Add markers" and "Remove markers" into "Observation markers". The choices you get depend on whether the dataset has observation markers or not; it it does, you get a new option to export the markers to file (enabling you to "clone" the markers from one dataset to another). - Moved the items "Set missing value code" and "Count missing values" to here from the Sample menu; moved the item "Find variable" here from the Variable menu. - Removed the old "Print report" item as redundant. Sample menu: - Consolidated the items "Restrict, based on dummy" and "Restrict, based on criterion". Using a dummy is now an option in the "based on criterion" dialog, if there are dummies available. - Moved out items that are not specifically related to the sample setting (see the Data menu). - Moved the item "Show status" to the end, as the odd man out among the entries. Variable menu: - Moved up "Set missing value code" so it's not beneath the time series-only options. - Moved out all items that are not specifically related to the currently selected variable (see Data menu). - Consolidated the "Frequency distribution" and "Frequency plot" items. (The Frequency distribution dialog now has a checkbox for showing the plot.) Tools menu: I experimented today with a couple of the suggestions made by Talha, namely moving the Working Directory dialog and the font selectors from positions in the menu structure into the Preferences dialog box. I have now reverted both of these changes. I reverted the working directory move on account of Sven's objection that this is not a "relatively settled" choice for some users. I reverted the font selection items because the move gave rise to a confusing situation with two levels of buttons ("OK"/etc.), the relationship between which was unclear. Allin Cottrell -- Allin Cottrell Department of Economics Wake Forest University