[Gretl-devel] Genr functions documentation

[Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote:

>> Ok, attached you'll find an example of what I have in mind. It's a 
>> self-contained LaTeX file, so anyone can edit it. Basically, all genr 
>> functions are listed one by one in strict alphabetical order. The visual 
>> formatting isn't beautiful, but should give the reader the ability to 
>> locate functions quickly. I wrote a few entries just to give you the idea.
>> 
>> This is something that anyone with a decent knowledge of gretl can 
>> contribute to, cause it's easy but time consuming. If you write even one 
>> entry, that'd be helpful. Just send the LaTeX file to me and I'll merge 
>> stuff people send me into the main document. When this is finished, it'll 
>> be easy to dump it into the manual proper.
>> 
>
> Thanks for the effort Jack, I think it's a very good sign when a project 
> cares about the documentation, so I'll try to help with this. However, could 
> you maybe explain a bit more the "easily retrieved from the source" part? In 
> which file exactly do they reside?

Even with no knowledge of C you should find file lib/src/genlex.c wery 
easy to decrypt.


Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Università Politecnica delle Marche

r.lucchetti at univpm.it
http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti