[Gretl-users] Re: gretl command log bug
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