[Gretl-users] Re: gretl 2026b released
Thanks, I had already forgotten some of those accumulated changes and
new features, since 2026a was released. A very nice release!
cheers
sven
Am 30.04.2026 um 21:07 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
> See https://gretl.sourceforge.net/
>
> Here are the changes:
>
> 2026-04-30 version 2026b
> - new function which() to determine which elements of a
> given matrix satisfy a specified condition
> - new function fols() for factorized least squares
> - new function tsolvepd() for solving Toeplitz linear
> systems when the Toeplitz matrix is known to be symmetric
> and positive definite
> - probability distribution functions: add support for the
> truncated normal distribution
> - "join" command: fix possible crash on joining data from
> two binary gdtb data files in succession
> - correlation matrix plot: use graph-names as set by the
> "setinfo" command if available
> - "add" and "omit" commands with --auto option: attach to
> the augmented or reduced $model bundle a list giving the
> order in which regressors were added ("add_order") or
> omitted ("omit_order")
> - "var" command with --lagselect option: show the LR test
> P-value for the null of lag order 0
> - "vecm" command: in the vecm_info bundle in the $system
> accessor we now provide new matrices: "long_run"
> (Johansen's C), "cov_long_run" (the covariance of vec(C))
> and "se_long_run" (standard errors of the elements of C),
> along with additional documentation in the User's Guide
> - "foreign" command block: support the --send-data option
> when executing a Python script, via Pandas
> - "panplot" command: correct suport for the --font option
> - matrix "slicing": correct handling of an empty selection
> vector, and sypport use of row and column names when
> indexing into matrices
> - script editor: handle "doc strings" in hansl functions
> via "question mark-click"
> - geoplot addon: document the cbrange option
> - User's Guide: improve documentation of string literals
> - GUI: /View/Correlations now shows nonparametric option
> - GUI: Augment tooltips for model selection dialog buttons
> - GUI: "View code" for function packages: preserve inline
> comments
> - GUI: fix broken display of complex matrices
> - GUI: enhance searching of gretl-curated data files
> - GUI: fix handling of scalar arguments in the dialog box
> for calling function packages
> - GUI: "ui-maker" for functions packages: support setting
> a run-time default for a boolean argument
> - GUI: fix breakage in Command Log on Windows and macOS
> - GUI: fix breakage in string argument selector for
> function packages on 32-bit Windows (GTK2)
> - launching of gnuplot via gretl: respect the GNUTERM
> environment variable on Linux, if present
> - Windows ARM64 build: include MPI and make available an
> ARM64 build of X-13ARIMA-SEATS (x13as)
> - Mac builds: update GTK3 to version 3.24.52
>