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.