Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Hélio Guilherme
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Schreiber wrote: > Hi, > > Allin Cottrell schrieb: > >> True. That's largely because I don't know how to write, e.g. >> >> X ~ N(1.5, 25) In the present state of things, I translate statically with a space separating values: X ~ N(1.5 25) All

Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Hélio Guilherme wrote: > Allin: I was having the impression that the "Test for Normality of the > Residuals" graphic was presenting the localized numbers, but it is not. > I guess I need new glasses :). > But can't you pass to GNUPlot the legends with the numbers parsed? > The

Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Sven Schreiber
Allin Cottrell schrieb: > On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote: > >> An unrelated minor issue: Isn't it strange that to create a new variable >> (by manually entering values, not via formula) one has to... > > Ah, how about this? At present the text in the new variable > dialog says "Enter

Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote: > An unrelated minor issue: Isn't it strange that to create a new variable > (by manually entering values, not via formula) one has to... Ah, how about this? At present the text in the new variable dialog says "Enter formula for new variable". It coul

Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote: > For locale-using users, I would suggest to make the error message of the > define-new-variable dialog more informative: For example: "The symbol > ',' is invalid in this context; if you used it as a decimal separator, > you must use '.' for this dialog

Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Ignacio Diaz-Emparanza wrote: > (I should warn that in my PC, that uses Kubuntu Linux with UTF-8 > encoding, and gretl in Spanish, the "use locale settings ..." > does not work. In collaboration with Allin I tryied several > changes in my gretl configuration but we could no

Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Sven Schreiber
Allin Cottrell schrieb: > On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote: > >> The "insist on" part is problematic. IMHO gretl must always >> accept decimal periods ('.') everywhere irrespective of other >> settings, simply because it's already mandatory in scripts (for >> good reasons). > > OK, I

Re: Ang. Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, andreas.rosenblad(a)ltv.se wrote: > > 1) Totally scrap the locale separator: all input and output uses the > > decimal point, with no option. [With the exception of reading and > > writing delimited text data files.] > > I vote for this option. Thanks, everyone, for the inpu

Re: [Gretl-users] new language

2007-09-20 Thread Ignacio Diaz-Emparanza
On Thursday 20 September 2007 02:13:38 Hélio Guilherme wrote: > ab.news wrote: > > Hi, > > Just one question: How can I handle to translate Gretl into a new > > language? > > > > Artur > > > > You browse the CVS in gretl/po/ and look the LINGUAS file for the > current languages codes. > > The files

Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Ignacio Diaz-Emparanza
On Wednesday 19 September 2007 15:26:36 Allin Cottrell wrote: > > Here are three options: > > 1) Totally scrap the locale separator: all input and output uses > the decimal point, with no option. [With the exception of reading > and writing delimited text data files.] > > 2) Keep the locale separat

Re: Ang. Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Talha Yalta
My two cents go with option 2, option 3 even. IMHO not being able to use commas for input is crippling and discarding them altogether even for output could be very counter productive. Talha -- "Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave uns

Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Sven Schreiber
Hi, Allin Cottrell schrieb: > > True. That's largely because I don't know how to write, e.g. > > X ~ N(1.5, 25) > > in a comma-using locale. As in my question above, is it > > X ~ N(1,5; 25) > > or what? Is there a definite standard? > I can only speak for German habits: No, I'm afraid

Ang. Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread andreas . rosenblad at ltv . se
cottrell(a)wfu.edu @ INTERNET skrev 2007-09-19 15:28:55 : > Here are three options: > > 1) Totally scrap the locale separator: all input and output uses the > decimal point, with no option. [With the exception of reading and > writing delimited text data files.] I vote for this option. Andreas

Re: [Gretl-users] new language

2007-09-20 Thread Hélio Guilherme
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ab.news wrote: > Hi, > Just one question: How can I handle to translate Gretl into a new language? > > Artur > > > Créez votre adresse électronique prénom.nom(a)laposte.net > 1 Go d'espace de stockage, anti-spam et anti-virus intégrés. > > > _

Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug

2007-09-20 Thread Hélio Guilherme
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I just want to say that option 2 currently in use is a good solution, and option 1 should be discarded. I am opposing discarding localized settings! As for having both output and input using locale settings my be considered as a goal in the future, an