Re: [Gretl-users] Assorted little bugs
Allin Cottrell schrieb:
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> 1) x = (obs>1991:1) isn't working ("expected ')' but found
':'" or
> something like that -- this is with quarterly data).
(obs>"1991:1") will work. I'll see if I can avoid the need for
the quotes.
Maybe it's enough if the description in the user manual (and possibly
online help) is corrected.
> 2) In a "new variable" dialog, x=0 produces scalar, which is
> correct, but having to type series x = 0 in the GUI is
> suboptimal IMHO. Maybe the desired data type could be set by
> radio buttons in the dialog?
Point taken, but radio buttons are (I think) problematic. You
can't coerce a series to be a scalar. Maybe a checkbox, "Result
should be a series"? Even that will look a bit odd, since in most
cases the result can't fail to be a series. Maybe a little a
post-entry dialog, if we get a scalar result: "Make this variable
a series"? (Yes/No).
Yeah, I don't know what's the best interface, either. Actually, I came
across this problem while trying to construct impulse and step dummies
(time series). Maybe the best thing is to write a generic script to help
with that (ooh, I see a new function package coming ;-)
> 6) are named lists of variables visible somewhere, like matrices
in the
> session window?
Not yet.
I guess when no related bugs are remaining, then this isn't really
important anyway...
> 7) Is there any way to start gretl with a console window showing error
> messages on Windows?
Not that I'm aware of; I'll try researching that -- I agree it
would be useful.
Well that could be something where I could actually help -- so maybe
leave that to me and feel free to remind me in case I forget...
-sven