[Gretl-devel] Gretl and R integration

[Allin Cottrell]

On Sat, 24 May 2008, Stefano Balietti wrote:

> Some considerations about this new feature after a little using.
> 
> - Sometimes, when executing (non-interactively) an R script which
> contains syntax errors Gretl crashes after informing the user about
> the error...

Oops, the verbose message from R was overflowing our error-message 
buffer. Fixed in CVS.

> - Besides, Gretl does not keep trace of the opened R script, like it
> does for normal *.inp files in the recent opened files list. I think
> they are supposed to be listed there as well, maybe underlined with a
> different color or font.

That could perhaps be added.  It would require a fair number of 
changes.

> - Strangely, Gretl does not support the opening of an R script by
> simply dragging and dropping the file within the program window. I
> have to open it through the graphical menu.

Well, there's nothing very "strange" about that, it doesn't happen 
by magic ;-)  However, that's now coded in.

> - Last, when I have an R script window opened and I open somehow a new
> dataset, the R script window is automatically closed. That is pretty
> unfair.

OK, fixed in CVS.

Allin.