[Gretl-users] gretl interface in windows

[Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti]

On Wed, December 13, 2006 15:46, Franck Nadaud wrote:
> Dear listers, greetings from Paris !
>
> Sorry for this rather mundane request but I have a problem with the
> output from gretl in win xp.
>
> In the first place I used gretl 1.5 in scrolling output mode. I then
> updated to 1.6 and started to use the windowed output after
> (involunteerly?) switching. however, I wonder how to switch back to
> scrolling because, when i save a session gretl no longer create an
> output text file.
>
> I didn't find about that in the new documentation. So I wonder if the
> scrolling feature is available any longer ?

I'm very sorry, I have no idea of what the difference between scrolling mode
and window mode is. Is this something windows-specific? Just in case, I'll
shoot a wild guess.

You have two apps that come with gretl, the command-line client and the
graphical client. I'm assuming that, like most windows users, you're using the
graphical client. There are basically 3 ways to use the program:

1) via the menus: in this case, when you issue a command, a new window opens
with the results.
2) via a script: when you run the script, a new window opens after completion
with the results.
3) through the console: this is most similar to the command-line interface.
Basically, you open a command window, you type in commands as you would in a
script and results are displayed in that same window.

I may be wrong, but it sounds like you want to use (3): it's under
"Outils->Console gretl" in the french version.

> We are a few to use gretl in my lab, and I saw some typos in French, if
> you like we may contribute to propose some corrections.

Please do!

> Thanx a lot and continue the good job !

Thank you

Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Facoltà di Economia "G. Fuà"
Ancona