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".