[Gretl-users] Assorted little bugs

[Allin Cottrell]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote:

> 1) x = (obs>1991:1) isn't working ("expected ')' but found ':'" or
> something like that -- this is with quarterly data).

(obs>"1991:1") will work.  I'll see if I can avoid the need for 
the quotes.

> 2) In a "new variable" dialog, x=0 produces scalar, which is 
> correct, but having to type series x = 0 in the GUI is 
> suboptimal IMHO. Maybe the desired data type could be set by 
> radio buttons in the dialog?

Point taken, but radio buttons are (I think) problematic.  You 
can't coerce a series to be a scalar.  Maybe a checkbox, "Result 
should be a series"?  Even that will look a bit odd, since in most 
cases the result can't fail to be a series.  Maybe a little a 
post-entry dialog, if we get a scalar result: "Make this variable 
a series"? (Yes/No).

> 3) in "edit values" dialog, the view doesn't follow cursor movements
> (limitation of GTK?)

That should be fixable.

> 4) old bug resurfacing (?) : selected variable in window isn't used if
> edit variable attributes is chosen from menu

Ah, if you move the highlight with the keys (not the mouse), and
use /Variable/Edit attributes?  Should be fixable.

> 5) in edit matrix dialog (opened from session icons window), the name of
> the edited matrix isn't displayed (but should be)

OK.

> 6) are named lists of variables visible somewhere, like matrices in the
> session window?

Not yet.

> 7) Is there any way to start gretl with a console window showing error
> messages on Windows? 

Not that I'm aware of; I'll try researching that -- I agree it 
would be useful.

> 8) It seems there is a problem if named lists start with a number;
> example from a console session:
> 
> ? list 4dim

That should be banned.  I'll arrange that.  No identifiers should 
start with numbers; lists must have slipped by somehow.

Allin.