John Darrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 08:18:15AM +0800, John Darrington wrote:
>
> Phase 1: The outcome of this phase is a tool which can be used to
> edit/browse/view/read/write *small* system files.
> Such a tool might alone be enough to encourage some users to
> try PSPP --- the most frightening spss syntax is the DATA LIST
> commands.
>
> I think this phase is more or less complete. Before I move onto
> phase 2, I need some user feedback, and also there are some decisions
> to be made.
I tried it out. It works okay for me. I found some minor nits:
* If I change the width or number of decimal places using
the Type dialogue box, the Width or Decimals columns do
not update to the new value until I click outside
the Type column. I found this surprising.
* Selecting View | Toolbars doesn't do anything as far as
I can tell.
> One decision concerns the protocol to use between user interface and
> back end. Do we want to allow pspp user interfaces to connect to spss
> servers? (or vici-versa)? If so, we'll have to reverse engineer the
> protocol. If not, we can devise our own.
I don't think we should tie ourselves to undocumented SPSS
protocols. We'll be in trouble if they change anything.
--
"Writing is easy.
All you do is sit in front of a typewriter and open a vein."
--Walter Smith
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