[Gretl-users] Assorted little bugs

2007-04-26 Thread Sven Schreiber
Hi, during a bug-hunting session which will lead to an update of py4gretl shortly I came across the following quirks and issues in gretl (with Win snapshot Apr 17): 1) x = (obs>1991:1) isn't working ("expected ')' but found ':'" or something like that -- this is with quarterly data). 2) In a "ne

Re: [Gretl-users] Assorted little bugs

2007-04-26 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote: > 1) x = (obs>1991:1) isn't working ("expected ')' but found ':'" or > something like that -- this is with quarterly data). (obs>"1991:1") will work. I'll see if I can avoid the need for the quotes. > 2) In a "new variable" dialog, x=0 produces scalar

Re: [Gretl-users] Assorted little bugs

2007-04-26 Thread Sven Schreiber
Allin Cottrell schrieb: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote: > >> 1) x = (obs>1991:1) isn't working ("expected ')' but found ':'" or >> something like that -- this is with quarterly data). > > (obs>"1991:1") will work. I'll see if I can avoid the need for > the quotes. Maybe it's enoug

Re: [Gretl-users] Assorted little bugs

2007-04-27 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote: > >> 7) Is there any way to start gretl with a console window showing error > >> messages on Windows? > > > > Not that I'm aware of; I'll try researching that -- I agree it > > would be useful. > > Well that could be something where I could actually h

Re: [Gretl-users] Assorted little bugs

2007-04-30 Thread Sven Schreiber
Allin Cottrell schrieb: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote: > 7) Is there any way to start gretl with a console window showing error messages on Windows? >>> Not that I'm aware of; I'll try researching that -- I agree it >>> would be useful. >> Well that could be something whe

Re: [Gretl-users] Assorted little bugs

2007-04-30 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote: > > This is completely untested -- but the snapshot I'm putting in > > place right now has a new -g or --debug command-line option for > > gretlw32.exe. This is intended to send stdout and stderr to a > > console window. > > > > Well thanks, but it's