[Gretl-devel] (mostly cosmetic) bugs

[Allin Cottrell]

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote:

> Not very important, but before they're forgotten:
>
> - 'list' command not in the online command reference (F1)

Yes, there probably should be something on that.  It's not exactly 
a "command" though, more like a data type.

> - maybe matrix facilities should be mentioned in 'genr' there?

Yes.

> - allow to specify empty (null) lists in function package GUI

OK, good idea.

> - for a matrix 'a' after 'print a' gretl says 'No data' (but then also
> prints the matrix alright)

I think you'll find that's fixed in current CVS.

> - Then on p. 60 of the A4 user guide there's the following example:
>
> ? list xlist = x1 x2 x3
> # list xlist = x1 x2 x3
> Added list ?xlist?
> ? list xlist print
> # list xlist = x1 x2 x3
>
> This doesn't work for me; I have a list named 'endo', but gretl 
> remains absolutely silent when I do 'list endo print' (tried 
> console and script)

This works for me outside of a function but not inside.  I'll take 
look at that.

> Since the first two (or three) of these things do not fall in 
> the C programming realm, I could help with them if you like. 
> (Once I've gotten around to setting up my sourceforge access 
> again.) I would need some hints on where the relevant files are 
> located, however.

The commands documentation is in doc/commands/gretl_commands.xml

Allin