[Gretl-devel] environment variables in gretl script

[Sven Schreiber]

Sven Schreiber schrieb:

> 
> Let's see how far I get with the current state of the @userdir affair...
> 

Oh I'm so stupid... My earlier py4gretl problem on windows had nothing
to do with write permissions at all (I think;-), but was just due to the
fact that python was not in the PATH for my new system setup.

Another stupidity: My comment about syntax coloring was bogus, too,
because I attributed it to the console (instead of a script, where it
works fine).

Nevertheless I'm rounding off this message with some remarks about
perceived minor glitches on Windows:

- could not open the pdf user guide, error says application not found --
which application is gretl trying to find?

- Admin privileges are needed to install, which is understandable. But
it is a bit strange that the installer wants the _one_ location where
"personal data files" are stored. It seems that that's the directory
which then is written to the preferences as the gretl user directory,
but for _every_ user? IMHO a better solution would be to *not* ask for
it at installation time, but just use a reasonable default, and let
individual users adjust their respective preferences.

- (not windows-specific:) It seems impossible to load packaged function
files (.gfn) into gretl from somewhere on the harddisk. This is a bit
awkward (if I'm not missing something).

Thanks,
SVen