[Gretl-users] Re: Hobby project: Forecasting COVID-19 confirmed cases

Am 04.03.20 um 20:40 schrieb Clive Nicholas: > Thanks Artur, but it's still not a clear step-by-step guide to run > your program. > > What does > |1) Clone the repo by means of ```git clone```| > mean? > Hi, one can also simply download the whole project from here: https://github.com/atecon/covid_19_forecast/archive/master.zip This involves all files you see here: https://github.com/atecon/covid_19_forecast Alternatively one need to get familiar with the versioning tool "git" -- the net is full of introductions on how to use git. Once git is installed, you can download the project via the "git clone" command. A related example can be found here: http://gretl.sourceforge.net/gretl-git-basics.html Best, Artur > Every step needs to be spelled out in detail command by command if you > want people to use your code, as I would do if it were my project. > Don't assume familiarity! For instance, I simply saved the script as > run.inp in my -gretl- folder and then ran it. Nothing happened, > probably because I didn't first engage in this -git clone- business. > That's what I mean. > > Cheers, Clive > > On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 at 18:49, Artur Tarassow <atecon(a)posteo.de > <mailto:atecon@posteo.de>> wrote: > > Am 04.03.20 um 02:21 schrieb Clive Nicholas: > > That's a fabulous project Artur - well done! > > > > Is it possible for you to run me through how EXACTLY you run the > > program in -gretl-, as the options as laid out in GitHub are a bit > > general! > > > > Ta, Clive > > > Hi Clive, > > Glad you like it. I've just added further information to the page. > Hopefully that helps. In principle you simply need to run the script > "./script/run.inp" after having set the parameter "DIR_WORK". > > Best, > Artur > > > > > > -- > Clive Nicholas > > "My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about > methodology. I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list -- gretl-users(a)gretlml.univpm.it To unsubscribe send an email to gretl-users-leave(a)gretlml.univpm.it Website: https://gretlml.univpm.it/postorius/lists/gretl-users.gretlml.univpm.it/