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At the bottom left of the main window sits the toolbar.
The icons have the following functions, reading from left to right:
Launch a calculator program. A convenience function in case you want quick access to a calculator when you're working in gretl. The default program is calc.exe under MS Windows, or xcalc under the X window system. You can change the program under the "File, Preferences, General" menu, "Toolbar" tab.
Launch an editor or word processor. The default is winword.exe under MS Windows, emacs under X. This is configurable in the same way as the calculator launcher.
Open the gretl console. A shortcut to the "Gretl console" menu item (Chapter 3 above).
Open the gretl session window.
Open the gretl website in your web browser. This will work only if you are connected to the Internet and have a properly configured browser.
Open the current version of this manual, in PDF format. As with the previous item, this requires an Internet connection; it also requires that your browser knows how to handle PDF files.
Open the help item for script commands syntax (i.e. a listing with details of all available commands).
Open the dialog box for defining a graph.
Capture the last displayed graph for editing.
Open a window listing the datasets associated with Ramanathan's Introductory Econometrics.
If you don't care to have the toolbar displayed, you can turn it off under the "File, Preferences, General" menu. Go to the Toolbar tab and uncheck the "show gretl toolbar" box.