Re: [Gretl-users] anybody running gretl on tablets?

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To: gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu Message-ID: <52E27C27.50406(a)gmx.net&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Am 24.01.2014 15:30, schrieb cociuba mihai: > (Disclaimer - not an expert on programming :) ) > > I've given RStudio as an example because is not platform dependent, > you can connect to the server from any web browser (tablet/phone, > android/windows/ios). Well, gretl's graphical interface built on "gtk" is also platform-independent, that's why there is gretl for Windows and on Mac. But you're right that web technologies are much more widespread, and of course the difference is especially visible on tablets and smartphones. > > This would be a big leap forward for gretl in terms of user > friendliness and capabilities. I don't really see this as a big advantage over the status quo, but I agree that in theory it would be nice to be able to use a web browser as a frontend. Somebody would have to develop this stuff, however, and IMO it would be a lot of work... Also, if RStudio does this kind of thing already, well that's great -- why not use that then? -sven ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:34:30 -0500 (EST) From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] anybody running gretl on tablets? To: Gretl list <gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu&gt; Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.03.1401240941450.591(a)wfu.edu&gt; Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Fri, 24 Jan 2014, cociuba mihai wrote: > I'm using R on my tablet by connecting to an online server with RStudio > server http://www.rstudio.com/ide/server/ and I'm wondering if a similar > solution would be feasible for gretl? If gretl is built against current GTK 3 it can be run in a browser using GDK_BACKEND=broadway (you can try this on your own computer, and find gretl at http://localhost:8080). I'm not sure how this plays out in a real networking context, but it may be worth exploring. Allin ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:38:21 +0100 From: Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net&gt; Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] anybody running gretl on tablets? To: gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu Message-ID: <52E288ED.7050109(a)gmx.net&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Am 24.01.2014 16:34, schrieb Allin Cottrell: > On Fri, 24 Jan 2014, cociuba mihai wrote: > >> I'm using R on my tablet by connecting to an online server with RStudio >> server http://www.rstudio.com/ide/server/ and I'm wondering if a similar >> solution would be feasible for gretl? > > If gretl is built against current GTK 3 it can be run in a browser using > GDK_BACKEND=broadway (you can try this on your own computer, and find > gretl at http://localhost:8080). I'm not sure how this plays out in a real > networking context, but it may be worth exploring. > > aha? This sounds very interesting indeed! Dou you have a preferred link to some docs about this GTK feature? (googling these things usually turns up a lot of obsolete stuff) thanks, sven ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 11:37:50 -0500 (EST) From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] anybody running gretl on tablets? To: Gretl list <gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu&gt; Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.03.1401241131520.591(a)wfu.edu&gt; Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Fri, 24 Jan 2014, Sven Schreiber wrote: > Am 24.01.2014 16:34, schrieb Allin Cottrell: >> On Fri, 24 Jan 2014, cociuba mihai wrote: >> >>> I'm using R on my tablet by connecting to an online server with RStudio >>> server http://www.rstudio.com/ide/server/ and I'm wondering if a similar >>> solution would be feasible for gretl? >> >> If gretl is built against current GTK 3 it can be run in a browser using >> GDK_BACKEND=broadway (you can try this on your own computer, and find >> gretl at http://localhost:8080). I'm not sure how this plays out in a real >> networking context, but it may be worth exploring. > > aha? This sounds very interesting indeed! Dou you have a preferred link > to some docs about this GTK feature? (googling these things usually > turns up a lot of obsolete stuff) There's not a great deal of info out there, but see https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-broadway.html https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/broadwayd.html These deal with running a GTK 3 app in a browser on your own machine -- amusing, cool but not very useful. What I don't yet understand is how this might translate to serving an application such as gretl to people on other machines, as a "web app". Allin ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users End of Gretl-users Digest, Vol 84, Issue 13 *******************************************