Re: [Gretl-devel] directory structure in CVS
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Am 29.12.2007 04:53, Allin Cottrell schrieb:
> As I say, this is a first step. I have not yet done anything
> about automatically changing workdir based on the last
> directory visited via the file open/save dialog. I'm not sure
> that's a good idea, though it's open for discussion.
I agree it's better not to rush it and think it through
thoroughly. For example, maybe it would be better to expand the
use of the existing "currdir" thing instead of constantly
updating workdir. But I guess many backward-compatibility issues
linger there...
One thing that may be worth doing: move the choice of the "gretl
user directory" (that is, "workdir" under the new scheme) from
/Tools/Preferences to the File menu. It could be relabeled as
something like "/File/Set working directory".
The point is that it would be more readily accessible, and also
the user might get the idea that changing the working directory is
just a regular file operation and not such a big deal -- which
indeed it's not, now that we've separated out "dotdir".
Allin.