WHAT IS IT?

TSP Through the Looking Glass ("TLG") is a separate Windows program that is bundled with TSP on Windows. It provides a Windows environment for developing batch programs. TSP through the Looking Glass is designed to make it easier to develop your batch files by allowing you to:

• switch between input and output files, and see them on the same screen
• run TSP without leaving the editing environment
• quickly find comments, data, etc. with the color coded input window
• edit your input file using cut and paste, automated comment and indenting global changes, etc.
• open and work on several TSP files at the same time

HOW DO I GET IT?

TSP through the Looking Glass is now bundled with TSP. TSP through the Looking Glass is currently available for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.

WHY DOES IT ONLY WORK IN BATCH MODE?

The philosophy behind TSP and its Windows interface is that of a programming language tailored to econometric problems. The developers of TSP believe the most useful research tool is one that documents what you have done and makes it easy to produce datasets and econometric results that can be replicated by rerunning the program.

For this reason, although we feel that working in an interactive GUI environment is useful for some exploratory work and for learning a program, it is not suited for conducting a full scale research project. The ideal program will be able to blend a combination of these two approaches, and we are working towards this end in future releases.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

In the future, TSP through the Looking Glass will be tailored to TSP, with a set of menu commands that allow the novice (or experienced user) to construct TSP programs in an interactive manner. Also, a third window will be added to the interface to support more data display options.

If you have any questions or comments about TSP please send an
email to info@tspintl.com. Comments or questions about this website 
should be sent to the webmaster. Lost? Please consult the site map.