[Gretl-users] TeX export issues

[Talha Yalta]

Just when I was starting to think that I am becoming good at LaTeX, I
now see how I still have a lot to learn :-) Thanks for the
explanations.
Sincerely,
Talha



On 4/10/07, Allin Cottrell <cottrell at wfu.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Talha Yalta wrote:
>
> > I have been using the TeX export functionality of gretl, which
> > is very useful. I also noticed some problems. I don't know if
> > these are bugs but I wanted to report nonetheless:
> >
> > 1- In the TeX file of the model tables I see the
> > "\footnotesize{}" command before each item in each cell, which
> > makes the table difficult to read and touch up in LaTeX.
> > Wouldn't it be better if there was \begin{footnotesize} and
> > \end{footnotesize} at the beginning and the end of the table?
>
> No. The "footnotesize" specification is not used in every cell.
> It is used to make the standard errors (or t-ratios) smaller than
> the coefficients.
>
> > 2- In some cells I have "$\,\,$" or $\,$. I am not sure what
> > these are for (I just erease these).
>
> In TeX "\," is a "thinspace".  This is used to improve spacing
> when the default is not ideal.  Typsetting a regression equation
> is not a standard TeX task, and I find that these extra spaces are
> desirable.
>
> > 3- Instead of the "$-$0.7971$^{**}$" format, wouldn't it be
> > better for all the cells containing numbers to just be in the
> > formula mode such as $-0.7971^{**}$ ?
>
> No, that would produce undesirable results for very large and very
> small coefficients, where the C library's "printf()" produces
> representations such as "2.456e-06".  The exponent part looks
> quite wrong if the entire number is in TeX math mode (it seems as
> if "e" is a variable).
>
> > 4- After experimenting a little bit, I now see that 6 models is
> > what can be fit in a portrait page. Still, could you please make
> > it 8 or even 12? I know 6 will be enough for most purposes
> > however: a)- there might be need for more than 6 in some cases
> > (right now I need 8) b)- Even though more than 6 is difficult to
> > fit in a portrait page, it is possible to choose a landscpe page
> > later (would be even better if there was an option for this in
> > TeX export options).
>
> A landscape option would be good, I agree.  I'll take a look at
> the other possibilities too.
>
> > 5- Request: I don't know how difficult this is to implement but
> > exporting a table in a way where all &'s are vertically alligned
> > would make it easier to read and edit in TeX later...
>
> I see how that could be useful.  It would be quite tedious to
> code, I'm afraid! ;-)
>
> Allin.
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