[Gretl-users] gretl interface (2)

[Allin Cottrell]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Franck Nadaud wrote:

> Now, with every command from the menus a new window is opened, 
> and gretl does not save a text file with the results.

There are two separate points here.  First, gretl still has a 
"scrolling mode" -- two such modes, actually.  You get everything 
in one window if you use the gretl console (the little console 
icon on the toolbar, or the /Tools/Gretl console menu item).  You 
also get everything in one window if you run a script.  For a 
demonstration of this, go to /File/Script files/Practice files and 
select and open a script.  Click the Run/Execute icon at the top 
of the window and you'll get all the script output in a separate 
window.

On the other hand, if you -- for example -- specify a model using 
the model dialog box (under the /Model menu), then you'll get one 
window per model.

Gretl has always worked this way.  But we have reorganized the 
menus to some extent (we believe, making the layout more logical), 
so the various options are not all where they used to be.

The second point concerns the possibility, once you're finished 
with a GUI session, of saving a text file containing all the 
output from the session.  This is no longer presented 
automatically as an option when you exit gretl -- since we have a 
new mechanism for saving a gretl "session"  which is much better 
and more reliable than before.  (When you re-open a saved session, 
you should find an exact snapshot of gretl's state when you saved, 
including any graphs or models you saved as icons.)

However, if you want a text file with all the output, you can get 
it.  When you're done with using the GUI commands, go the Tools 
menu and select Command log.  You'll get a window containing a 
record of the commands you executed, in script form.  Click the 
"Run" icon in this window and you'll get the single, text output 
window.

Allin Cottrell