On 06-02-2012, at 13:36, Data Analytics Corp. wrote: > Hi, > > I teach a course in econometrics in which the students are required to > use Gretl. I've been using Gretl for several years with no problems. > But this semester, several students have complained that Gretl would > either crash when they used the script editor or it wouldn't load. > These students are using a MacBook Pro, at least one of which is a new > computer. For the crashing, they said that they just typed the letter g > (when trying to enter the command genr) and Gretl immediately closed; > the menu option to create a variable worked fine. For the loading > issue, some found that only a terminal program loaded; they were unable > to load Gretl that looked like the Gretl demoed in class. > > Are there any issues with Gretl for MacBook Pros I should know about?
Not that I know of. Which version of Mac OS X are the students using? Have they installed the GTK_ framwork from Gretl's site? As mentioned in Step 2 on the Gretl mac OS X page. > The downloads were for the newest version. > The newest version refers to Gretl? Berend
