Re: [Gretl-users] VAR: Robust standard errors

2010-06-10 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote: > Sorry for the silly question, but how can we use HAC standard errors in a > VAR estimation? Why does Gretl give us the HC1 variant? It use HC* since the general presumption is that in a VAR you have chosen a lag length sufficient to whiten the

[Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point : the XP case

2010-06-10 Thread Franck Nadaud
Dear GRETL folk, greetings from Paris ! Let me susggest how i found a (not so yet) definitive answer to this problem: as you may know, in Latin countries of old europe, the decimal separator is the comma, but in XP you can modify the default national parameters: you can change all signs as you

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Jack
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Allin Cottrell wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote: > >> When I try to export some data to a .csv file (using the >> following menu path File -> Export data -> CSV) I get "." as the >> decimal point instead of ",". I'm using a Mac with the >> pt_BR.UTF-8.

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Sven Schreiber
Am 10.06.2010 10:33, schrieb Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti: > On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Sven Schreiber wrote: > >> CSV files nowadays aren't even necessarily "comma-separated" and are >> surely *not* intended by many users to be portable across countries. >> (Even though that might be nice, but it just

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Jack
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Sven Schreiber wrote: > CSV files nowadays aren't even necessarily "comma-separated" and are > surely *not* intended by many users to be portable across countries. > (Even though that might be nice, but it just isn't the case.) Says who? Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Alan G Isaac
> Am 10.06.2010 15:13, schrieb Alan G Isaac: > > Again, why is the question not rather: > > where is the documentation of this file format? > > It seems to me that gretl should > > > > - point to or provide documentation > > - read and write the documented format by default (in *all* locales) > >

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Sven Schreiber
Am 10.06.2010 08:30, schrieb Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti: > On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote: > >> Dear Gretl community, >> >> When I try to export some data to a .csv file (using the following >> menu path File -> Export data -> CSV) I get "." as the decimal point >> instead of ",". I'm

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Jack
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote: > Define "change": > If I have a .csv formatted according to Brazilian settings (i.e. "," as the > decimal > point) I can use double-clicking to open my data using Excel. Otherwise I > need to > open the .csv file in a text editor and replace all "."

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Alan G Isaac
On 6/10/2010 7:04 AM, Sven Schreiber wrote: > the question is: does gretl want to enforce a non-existent standard > because we (including me) like that behavior; or does gretl surrender to > the facts of the csv ecosystem and give users the option to produce > different variants of csv files. >

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Jack
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote: > Dear Gretl community, > > When I try to export some data to a .csv file (using the following menu > path File -> Export data -> CSV) I get "." as the decimal point instead > of ",". I'm using a Mac with the pt_BR.UTF-8. In the Gretl's preferences

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Sven Schreiber wrote: > > > Am 10.06.2010 10:33, schrieb Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti: > >> On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Sven Schreiber wrote: > >> > >>> CSV files nowadays aren't even necessarily "comma-separated" and are > >>>

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote: > When I try to export some data to a .csv file (using the > following menu path File -> Export data -> CSV) I get "." as the > decimal point instead of ",". I'm using a Mac with the > pt_BR.UTF-8. In the Gretl's preferences menu, the option "Use >

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Alan G Isaac
On 6/10/2010 3:35 AM, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti wrote: > While I am against this on ideological grounds, I have to admit that a > checkbox wouldn't be difficult to add. But I hate the idea of giving > support or credibility to the concept of "national CSV" format, which > is, after all, one of

Re: [Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Henrique Andrade
Dear Riccardo, thanks for your answer! Em 10 de junho de 2010 Riccardo escreveu: On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote: > > Dear Gretl community, >> >> When I try to export some data to a .csv file (using the following menu >> path File -> Export data -> CSV) I get "." as the decimal

[Gretl-users] Export data & Decimal point

2010-06-10 Thread Henrique Andrade
Dear Gretl community, When I try to export some data to a .csv file (using the following menu path File -> Export data -> CSV) I get "." as the decimal point instead of ",". I'm using a Mac with the pt_BR.UTF-8. In the Gretl's preferences menu, the option "Use locale setting for decimal point" is