[Gretl-devel] embedded console as default
Hi again, I've been using the "embedded console" feature setting for quite a while now, and like it a lot. When installing gretl on a new system together with a colleague, I was reminded that the console is not embedded by default. So the first impression when starting up gretl (at least on Windows) is that you get a very white and very empty window, which did not impress the colleague very much, to be honest. So what about switching the default to have the console embedded? One further thought to make the initial window "less empty" in an easy way: why not have an initial greeting message in the GUI console, similar to what gretl does on a "real" console in the CLI. Something like: " Welcome to gretl 2023b User guide and further documentation under the Help menu See Help > About gretl for copyright and license information Load a dataset under File > Open Data " cheers sven ___ Gretl-devel mailing list -- gretl-devel@gretlml.univpm.it To unsubscribe send an email to gretl-devel-le...@gretlml.univpm.it Website: https://gretlml.univpm.it/postorius/lists/gretl-devel.gretlml.univpm.it/
[Gretl-devel] GUI: sorting possibility, visual indication
Hi,
I'd like to ask why in the GUI main window the sorting "arrows" in the
columns are only shown after the user has already sorted stuff. I
understand that the arrow gives an indication of the current sorting
criterion (which column, and up or down); as shown in the attached
screenshot arrow.png, after I have clicked on the Description column
("Beschreibung" in German).
However, when I start up gretl and open a datafile, no such sorting
indication is shown initially, see screenshot noarrows.png. I would
argue that because of that for unexperienced users it's not so clear
that sorting in the GUI list is possible. And there _is_ a default
sorting order applied, namely by ID#. -- Actually, it turns out that the
arrow is only shown in the ID column if the sorting is reversed, not by
default. I guess it's not a bug but intended, but I'd like to suggest to
always show such an arrow.
thanks
sven
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