Re: [Gretl-users] Gretl-users Digest, Vol 114, Issue 8

On Wed, 20 Jul 2016, George Matysiak wrote: Ah, I think I know what may be happening here. Have you at some point selected A4-format documentation? (Under /Tools/Preferences/General there's an item "PDF manual preference" where you can select US letter paper or A4 paper.) Here's the thing: each release package includes current versions of the Gretl User's Guide and the Gretl Command Reference (PDF files) in US letter format. But if you want the A4 versions they are downloaded on demand. And in this respect there's a gap in our updating logic: if you have once downloaded (for example) the A4 User's Guide, then it will be found on your system thereafter and will not be downloaded again, even if it goes out of date. Uninstalling gretl won't help: the old A4 PDF files will not get deleted since they were not part of the initial gretl installation. We need to figure out a proper fix for this, but in the meantime here are two possible work-arounds: 1. Select US letter format under Preferences, and you'll see the new PDF files that were installed with gretl 2016c. 2. Manually delete the old PDF files under the "doc" folder in your gretl installation. Then when you go to consult them the new versions will get downloaded from sourceforge. On the other hand, if the Preferences/General dialog is NOT showing A4 as your preferred PDF format, then I don't know what's happening. I have verified that the 2016c release files on sourceforge contain the Guide and Reference as of July 6, 2016. Allin Cottrell