Apologies for cross-posting, but here's the change log for the 2021c release, now available at http://gretl.sourceforge.net/ 2021-08-30 version 2021c - New function contains(): indicates whether a numerical object contains members of a specified set - New function bcheck(): aids in handling bundle arguments to user-defined functions - New command "panspec": substantially, the old "hausman" command under a different name; for the moment, "hausman" is still kept as an alias for backward compatibility - fcstats() matrix row labels: distinguish U1 vs U2 variant of Theil's U statistic - msplitby(): allow for more flexible syntax - printing of bundles: sort members by type and key - "print" command: make more flexible, it now includes most of the functionality of "eval" - "var" command with --lagselect option: add a --minlag option to allow testing against 0 lags, or imposing the assumption that at least p > 1 lags are needed - "set" command: new variable "datacols" to control the max number of series to print side by side - "foreign" command mechanism: updates to support version 4.1.0 of R and version 8.0 of Ox Console - "eval" command: introduce "=" as an alias - extend the ".=" operator to the "strings .= string" case - GUI: introduce experimental features: plot collections and integrated console - GUI: add option to use the tab key as the trigger for autocompletion in the script editor and console - GUI: add command-line options: --new to start a new gretl instance unconditionally and --single to use a single program instance unconditionally - GUI script editor: make the Find box appear at the foot of the window, not in a separate dialog - GUI: provide larger (24 pixel) toolbar icons for use on small, high-density displays in particular - GUI: numerous other small fixes and enhancements - MS Windows, 64-bit: update to gnuplot 5.4.1, patched to avoid too-big fonts on Windows with Ultra HD display - Fix bug: spurious results from "system" command in case of exact collinearity - Fix bug: spurious reduction of the sample range in the grid variant of "panplot" with some patterns of missing values - Fix bug: wrong results from the polyfit() function when applied to panel data - Numerous additional small bug fixes - Internals: make "libset" code more compact and efficient - Internals: clear out old gettext variants that encoded translations in a Windows code page rather than UTF-8 - gretl_bundle.h: rename argument named "template" to avoid trouble with C++ - Substantial enhancements to the SVAR and regls addons - New "logging" addon - New, substantially updated Russian translation - Cleanup: remove the "arbond" command, in favor of "dpanel", and add some dpanel enhancements -- Allin Cottrell Department of Economics Wake Forest University, NC