Allin & Sven, many thanks for your prompt responses and clear explanations. I hope you don't mind another two cents' worth on this.
I like the provisional fix -- in fact I was typing a suggestion along those lines when I got the message below. You really do rock, Allin! I like the idea of preserving an 'in-session' version of the data set, but I can also see confusion arising if, say, I end up with two slightly different versions of what I think are the same data (ie, 'my data.gdt' and 'my data' that's saved in 'my session.gretl'). Maybe there could also be a prompt or option to update the .gdt file from within the session? I use gretl primarily for teaching, though increasingly for research. I think the session concept could be very useful for my students, though I agree with Gordon that scripts are the best way to keep track of what's going on. I'd also like to second Talha's request for a way to control the number of digits in regression output. Best, PS -----Original Message----- From: gretl-users-bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu [mailto:gretl-users-bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu] On Behalf Of Allin Cottrell Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 10:42 AM To: Gretl list Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] saving session vs saving data On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Allin Cottrell wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Summers, Peter wrote: > > > I don't know if this is a bug or a reflection of my relative > > inexperience with session files. I opened a previous session & > > did some further work, then when I tried to save the data set > > (ctrl-s), I got an error message saying "couldn't open [my data > > set] for writing." > Perhaps, with a session open, Ctrl-S should be reinterpreted as > "save the session"? Either that, or you should get a "Save as" > dialog for the data. (Or does anyone have a better suggestion?) I came up with a different provisional fix (in CVS and Windows snapshot). When you have reopened a saved session, Ctrl-S or "Save data" now saves the dataset "inside" the session. In addition, when you make a change to the dataset in a previously saved session, you no longer see a "*" (unsaved change flag) next to the datafile name, although you should see a "*" next to the session name in the gretl title-bar. That is, changes to the datafile and now in a sense subsumed under changes to the session (in the context of a reopened session only). Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users
