[Gretl-users] gretl crashed while searching for file within GUI

> gretl crashed once again, but for a different reason this time. > > It seems that whenever I tried to do a search for files within GUI > after ?file->Open data->User file...? or ?file->Session > files->Open session??, it crashes right after it showed a list of > files. > > I can?t remember a time when I did a search like this without > gretl crashing. > > I suspect it has something to do with my character encoding. Even > though I use standard English, I have Chinese on my system also. > > This is more like a FYI, and it is not urgent, as I know how to > get around it easily. > > Attached is the crash report if it helps. Thanks, I've looked into this, but I'm still stumped. Taking my cue from your "I have Chinese on my system also" I created a Desktop directory with Chinese characters in its name, and put in there a gretl data file with Chinese characters in its name -- on a Macbook Air running OS X 10.10.5. Then I tried opening the data file in question via "/File/Open data/User file..." And the file opened without any problem. This was using gretl 2019a, but I can't think of anything remotely relevant that could have changed in quite a while. If you're able to give us any more information about the exact context of, or sequence of events leading up to, the crash, please do! You're running OS X 10.11.6, higher (though not far off) the version I'm on: maybe there're a relevant difference in that respect. I'll see if I can try the experiment on newer OS X. Allin