7:30 a.m.
Dear Gretl Community,
Please let me pose the following issue: the GUI does not seem to display the date on which
script files were last modified. Am I right?
If I go to "File" -> "Script files" -> "User file...",
then I just can see 3 columns: "Name", "Size" and
"Modified". But the last column only shows time, but not date, which I think
would be useful. Is this a problem with my machine (running under Windows)? Is this what
it should be? Am I just looking at the wrong place?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Cruz
3:09 p.m.
On Sat, 1 Jun 2019, cruz.echevarria(a)ehu.eus wrote:
Please let me pose the following issue: the GUI does not seem to
display the date on which script files were last modified. Am I
right?
If I go to "File" -> "Script files" -> "User
file...", then I just
can see 3 columns: "Name", "Size" and "Modified". But the
last
column only shows time, but not date, which I think would be useful.
Is this a problem with my machine (running under Windows)? Is this
what it should be? Am I just looking at the wrong place?
You're not looking in the wrong place. But what version of gretl are
you running, and what version of Windows? I just tried with the 2019b
release (64-bit) on Windows 10 and last-modified dates are showing up
OK in the File Open dialogs.
These file dialogs are standard GTK widgets. I think they're supposed
to show the time (rather than date) of last modification only when the
file was modified in the current day. So if the files in question were
very recently modified, just seeing the time would be as per design.
Allin
4:51 p.m.
Deal Allin,
My apologies for not answering your question in time. I am using Gretel 2019b, MS Windows
(x86), build date 2019-05-21, in a machine running on Windows 7, Home Premium, 64-bit
SP1.
[I have tried to paste a screen shot to show what I tried tried to explain in my first
post, but it is not possible].
If you allow me, I would cautiously suggest revising this feature of the Gretl GUI for
future releases: date and time univocally characterize a computer file; time, by iself
alone, can't. In my experience, and to the best of my knowledge, this is the first
time that when trying to open a file within a software package, the sofware does not show
both the date and the time of the file list. I am just a user, not an expert in computing
languages, I do not know what GTK widgets are, and perhaps this the standard.
Thanks for the time devoted to this.
Regards,
Cruz
8:22 p.m.
Am 02.06.2019 um 18:51 schrieb cruz.echevarria(a)ehu.eus:
If you allow me, I would cautiously suggest revising this feature of
the Gretl GUI for future releases: date and time univocally
characterize a computer file; time, by iself alone, can't.
Well, the design (not specific to gretl) that Allin mentioned omits the
date display just for times within the last 24 hours. So in this context
of course it's unique.
experience, and to the best of my knowledge, this is the first time
that when trying to open a file within a software package, the
sofware does not show both the date and the time of the file list.
There's something similar in many places. For example Dropbox and other
services display things like "2 minutes ago" for the modification time,
omitting the date as well. The Windows OS itself was also planning
something similar it seems (but postponed it), search for "friendly dates".
But the main point is that this is _not_ a design choice that gretl (or
Allin) made directly. The so-called "GTK" framework is used by many GUI
programs, at least among those that are cross-platform (Linux & Windows
& also MacOS). So this might be beyond gretl's control.
However, it is true that native Windows applications have a different
date display format. So if something inside GTK can be configured along
these lines at compile time (again, not sure if this is possible) maybe
it would be an idea to change that setting. (I tried to find something
in the online GTK documentation, but without success.)
cheers
sven
8:06 a.m.
Thanks for the time spent on this. So sorry for any inconvenience generated.
Regards,
C
Cruz A. Echevarría
Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU
Fundamentos del Análisis Económico II
Avda. Lehendakari Aguirre 83
48015 Bilbao (Spain)
Tel: + 34 94 601 3775
Fax: + 34 94 601 7123
Master in Economics: Empirical Applications and Policies
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net>
Enviado el: domingo, 2 de junio de 2019 22:22
Para: gretl-users(a)gretlml.univpm.it
Asunto: [Gretl-users] Re: Gretl GUI and Date of script files
Am 02.06.2019 um 18:51 schrieb cruz.echevarria(a)ehu.eus:
If you allow me, I would cautiously suggest revising this feature of
the Gretl GUI for future releases: date and time univocally
characterize a computer file; time, by iself alone, can't.
Well, the design (not specific to gretl) that Allin mentioned omits the date
display just for times within the last 24 hours. So in this context of
course it's unique.
experience, and to the best of my knowledge, this is the first time
that when trying to open a file within a software package, the sofware
does not show both the date and the time of the file list.
There's something similar in many places. For example Dropbox and other
services display things like "2 minutes ago" for the modification time,
omitting the date as well. The Windows OS itself was also planning something
similar it seems (but postponed it), search for "friendly dates".
But the main point is that this is _not_ a design choice that gretl (or
Allin) made directly. The so-called "GTK" framework is used by many GUI
programs, at least among those that are cross-platform (Linux & Windows &
also MacOS). So this might be beyond gretl's control.
However, it is true that native Windows applications have a different date
display format. So if something inside GTK can be configured along these
lines at compile time (again, not sure if this is possible) maybe it would
be an idea to change that setting. (I tried to find something in the online
GTK documentation, but without success.)
cheers
sven
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