Re: Macros

2015-11-23 Thread Matthias Faeth
good. You can count on me. 2015-11-23 18:42 GMT+01:00 Ben Pfaff : > If you want to contribute, one way would be to write documentation. > When the macro feature is available, we will need to add documentation > for it to the manual, and if you are able and willing to write that, > then it would s

Re: Macros

2015-11-23 Thread Ben Pfaff
If you want to contribute, one way would be to write documentation. When the macro feature is available, we will need to add documentation for it to the manual, and if you are able and willing to write that, then it would save the programmer time. On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 06:26:57PM +0100, Matthias

Re: Macros

2015-11-23 Thread Matthias Faeth
I'm not a programmer but only a user. So I'm probably not much of a help with programming. However, if I can help otherwise, I'm willing to contribute to the macro project. Let me know. Matthias 2015-11-22 7:01 GMT+01:00 Ben Pfaff : > On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 02:07:54PM +0100, John Darrington w

Re: Macros

2015-11-21 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 02:07:54PM +0100, John Darrington wrote: > Implementing macros might be a good candidate for the Google SoC if > anyone would be prepared to make the proposal and to act as mentor. I agree. I'd be willing to mentor this project. __

Re: Macros

2015-11-17 Thread John Darrington
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 07:55:45PM +0100, Frans Houweling wrote: As macros do not need access to the data but merely perform text substitution on the syntax, I have been playing with (the thought of) a little standalone application that takes an SPSS syntax file with macros and

Re: Macros

2015-11-16 Thread Frans Houweling
I guess Ben hasn't promised anything, but yes, that would be great news indeed! As macros do not need access to the data but merely perform text substitution on the syntax, I have been playing with (the thought of) a little standalone application that takes an SPSS syntax file with macros and o