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:
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> 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