[Gretl-devel] Projects

[Stefano Balietti]

Recently I have proposed to add a new feature to gretl in this thread:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1871144&group_id=36234&atid=416806

Basically I have thought about a "project" manager to get a better script
handling, automatic parameters loading,  fast script running. This idea has
several links with function packages and sessions concepts, that's why I
decided to post  It here to get any remarks.

At the start gretl should read a file like this:

<projects>
    <project>
        <name>Name</name>
        <author>Author</author>
        <email>mail</email>
        <version>0.0.0</version>
        <path>/path/dir/dir/</path>
        <descr>This is cool</descr>
        <run>1</run>
        <runs>
        <run id="1">
            <name>Test ABC</name>
            <db>/dbs/abc.gdp</name>
            <main>1</main>
            </run>
        <run id="2">
            <name>Test XYZ</name>
            <db>/dbs/xyz.gdp</name>
            <main>3</main>
            </run>
        <runs>
        <items>
            <item id="1">file_1.inp<item/>
        <item id="2">file_2.inp<item/>
        <item id="2">file_3.inp<item/>
        ..
        <items>
    </project>
</projects>

to allow some improvements such as:

- fast switching among projects;
- quick loading of several runs configuration for the same projects
- running the default master script from any other file of the project;
- no include statement needed
- no nulldata/open statement needed
- easy export to function package of the entire project

Regarding to the concept of sessions Sven talked about in the thread
previously posted,  I don't see any dangerous clashes cause the session
would still behave as a snapshot, eventually It should contain the reference
of the project.

What do u think about this? Useful? Useless? Let me know

Cheers
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