Thanks Allin. I confirm that both issues below work fine in  gretl 2020a Windows 64bit <<Adding a saved text object to a gretl session should trigger session_changed status. IT DOES << /(In the good old days...) / One could open first a .gretl file, then open a .inp file, choose "No" to the question "Start a new gretl instance?" and the two would be linked and the script in the .inp file could draw data from the .gretl file immediately, without the script in the .inp file containing a command to that effect. But also, one could start by opening first the .inp file, etc. and things worked the same way. Not in the 2019d version though. Here it appears it only works if one opens first the .inp file and then the .gretl file, but not the other way around. -- ALLIN: This issue is now fixed in git and snapshots. It was specific to MS Windows, and also specific to the case where the initial gretl instance had a session file (*.gretl) loaded. IT IS INDEED FIXED in gretl 2020a Windows 64bit -- Alecos Papadopoulos PhD Athens University of Economics and Business web: alecospapadopoulos.wordpress.com/ skype:alecos.papadopoulos It's now available; seehttp://gretl.sourceforge.net Allin