NewFeatures.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Dynare 4.6-unstable
     - improved printing and storage (same folder) of results
     - fixed numerical derivatives
     - fixed functionality when there is correlation of shocks or one wants to consider corr parameters for both analytical as well as numerical derivatives
-    - Reference: [MR #1648](https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/dynare/merge_requests/1648)
+    - Reference: !1648
 
  - Improvements to option `use_dll`:
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Dynare 4.6-unstable
 
  - Added the possibility to declare Dynare command options in the mod file.
 
- - Discretionary policy returns a more informative error message when the objective has nonzero derivatives with respect to some variables. [(MR #1468)](https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/dynare/merge_requests/1468)
+ - Discretionary policy returns a more informative error message when the objective has nonzero derivatives with respect to some variables. (!1468)
   
  - `write_latex_static_model` and `write_latex_original_model` now support the `write_equation_tags`-option (#1431)
 
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ Dynare 4.6-unstable
 
  - New macro directives `@#echomacrovars` and `@#echomacrovars(save)` (#1564)
 
- - The `dynare_sensitivity`-command now accepts the `diffuse_filter`-option ([MR #1562](https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/dynare/merge_requests/1562))
+ - The `dynare_sensitivity`-command now accepts the `diffuse_filter`-option (!1562)
 
  - New dynare option `noemptylinemacro` (#1551)
 
- - Added debugging info on NaN and Inf parameters ([MR #1538](https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/dynare/merge_requests/1538))
+ - Added debugging info on NaN and Inf parameters (!1538)
 
- - Added `fast_realtime` option to real time shock decomposition (deactivated by default, runs the smoother only twice: once for the last in-sample and once for the last out-of-sample data point) ([MR #1563](https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/dynare/merge_requests/1563)) and ([MR #1552](https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/dynare/merge_requests/1552))
+ - Added `fast_realtime` option to real time shock decomposition (deactivated by default, runs the smoother only twice: once for the last in-sample and once for the last out-of-sample data point) (!1563) and (!1552)
 
  - New syntax to declare model variables in the `model` block (#1386)
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Dynare 4.5
      foresight model and for estimation,
 
    + `ramsey_policy` accepts multipliers in its variable list and
-     displays results for them [(#1355)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/1355).
+     displays results for them (#1355).
 
 
  - Perfect foresight models
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ Dynare 4.5
  - Forecasts and Smoothing
 
    + The smoother and forecasts take uncertainty about trends and means
-     into account [(#679)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/679),
+     into account (#679),
 
    + Forecasts accounting for measurement error are now saved in fields
-     of the form `HPDinf_ME` and `HPDsup_ME` [(#853)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/853),
+     of the form `HPDinf_ME` and `HPDsup_ME` (#853),
 
    + New fields `oo_.Smoother.Trend` and `oo_.Smoother.Constant` that
      save the trend and constant parts of the smoothed variables,
@@ -154,14 +154,14 @@ Dynare 4.5
  - Estimation
 
    + New options: `logdata`, `consider_all_endogenous`,
-     `consider_only_observed`, `posterior_max_subsample_draws` [(#567)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/567),
-     `mh_conf_sig` [(#598)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/597), `diffuse_kalman_tol` [(#865)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/865), `dirname` [(#910)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/910), `nodecomposition`
+     `consider_only_observed`, `posterior_max_subsample_draws` (#567),
+     `mh_conf_sig` (#598), `diffuse_kalman_tol` (!865), `dirname` (#910), `nodecomposition`
 
-   + `load_mh_file` and `mh_recover` now try to load chain's proposal density [(#1230)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/1230),
+   + `load_mh_file` and `mh_recover` now try to load chain's proposal density (!1230),
 
    + New option `load_results_after_load_mh` that allows loading some
      posterior results from a previous run if no new MCMC draws are
-     added [(#1352)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/1352),
+     added (!1352),
 
    + New option `posterior_nograph` that suppresses the generation of
      graphs associated with Bayesian IRFs, posterior smoothed objects,
@@ -182,11 +182,11 @@ Dynare 4.5
    + The `trace_plot` command can now plot the posterior density,
 
    + New command `generate_trace_plots` allows generating all trace
-     plots for one chain [(#1239)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/1239),
+     plots for one chain (!1239),
 
    + New commands `prior_function` and `posterior_function` that
      execute a user-defined function on parameter draws from the
-     prior/posterior distribution [(#871)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/871),
+     prior/posterior distribution (!871),
 
    + New option `huge_number` for replacement of infinite bounds with
      large number during `mode_compute`,
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Dynare 4.5
    + New option `posterior_sampler_options` that allow controlling the
      options of the `posterior_sampling_method`; its `scale_file`-option
      pair allows loading the `_mh_scale.mat`-file storing the tuned
-     scale factor from a previous run of `mode_compute=6` [(#1223)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/1223),
+     scale factor from a previous run of `mode_compute=6` (!1223),
 
    + New option `raftery_lewis_diagnostics` that computes Raftery/Lewis
      (1992) convergence diagnostics,
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Dynare 4.5
      `oo_.dsge_var`,
 
    + New option `smoothed_state_uncertainty` to provide the uncertainty
-     estimate for the smoothed state estimate from the Kalman smoother [(#1324)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/1324),
+     estimate for the smoothed state estimate from the Kalman smoother (!1324),
 
    + New prior density: generalized Weibull distribution,
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ Dynare 4.5
      the preprocessor,
 
    + New command line option `mingw` to support the MinGW-w64 C/C++
-     Compiler from TDM-GCC for `use_dll` [(#1226)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/1226).
+     Compiler from TDM-GCC for `use_dll` (#1226).
 
 
  - dates/dseries/reporting classes
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ Dynare 4.5
 
    + New option `write_equation_tags` to `write_latex_dynamic_model`
      that allows printing the specified equation tags to the generate
-     LaTeX code [(#477)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/477),
+     LaTeX code (#477),
 
    + New command `write_latex_parameter_table` that writes the names and
      values of model parameters to a LaTeX table,
@@ -414,11 +414,11 @@ Dynare 4.5
      whether the model is truly linear,
 
    + `usedll`: the `msvc` option now supports `normcdf`, `acosh`,
-     `asinh`, and `atanh` [(#1259)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/1259),
+     `asinh`, and `atanh` (#1259),
 
    + New parallel option `NumberOfThreadsPerJob` for Windows nodes that
      sets the number of threads assigned to each remote MATLAB/Octave
-     run [(#1357)](https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/1357),
+     run (!1357),
 
    + Improved numerical performance of `schur_statespace_transformation` for very large models,