Re: [Gretl-devel] GUI tweak
On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Allin Cottrell
<cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2017, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti wrote:
>>
>> Often, I find myself thinking that it'd be nice to have the working
>> directory displayed somewhere in the main window of the GUI client.
>
> See what you think of the current experiment in git. Working dir to
> the right on the same line as the current dataset label, hot-linked to
> the working directory dialog.
In git (not yet in snapshots) I've made this configurable, via the new item
"Display working directory" under Preferences/General.
Personally I don't want this, since I always know what the working directory
is. Not that I'm specially clever, it's just that I always launch gretl from an
xterm (and I know where I am) or from a desktop menu (so I know workdir is
$HOME). And I never use "set workdir".
Right now (git) displaying the working directory is off by default. But if I hear
people saying it should be on by default I'll reconsider.
However, since the majority of gretl users are on Windows, opinions of
Windows users will carry most weight. I really don't know: on Windows
would this be useful, or just TMI?
Allin
Hi there,
I (being a windows user) think this would be useful, e.g. when one wants to access the
gnuplot files created automatically, but also to use export, etc., without providing dirs.
The directory position(s) are not self-explaining (e.g.: C:\Users\Frederik\Documents\gretl
is relatively fine, but the temp working dir, which sometimes needs to be accessed, too,
is more obscure: C:\Users\Frederik\AppData\Roaming\gretl)
So I'd vote for showing it somewhere and also both working dirs.
Best
Frederik