Re: [Changeset] uigetfile, uigetdir, uiputfile

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 21, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Kai Habel wrote:

> On 21.11.2010 16:25, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> On Nov 21, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Kai Habel wrote:
>> 
>>> On 18.11.2010 20:57, John W. Eaton wrote:
>>>> On 18-Nov-2010, Kai Habel wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> | I have not received much feedback so far. Here is a new Changeset, if
>>>> | nobody objects I will push this in a few days.
>>>> 
>>>> Sorry, I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I have no objection
>>>> to you pushing it now if it is mostly working.
>>>> 
>>>> | +## @deftypefnx {Function File} address@hidden =} uigetdir ()
>>>> | +## Open a GUI dialog to select a directory. If @var{init_path} is not 
>>>> given
>>>> 
>>>> | +## @deftypefnx {Function File} address@hidden =} uigetfile 
>>>> (@dots{},"Multiselect",@var{mode})
>>>> | +##
>>>> | +## Opens a GUI dialog to select a file. It returns the filename 
>>>> @var{fname},
>>>> 
>>>> | +## @deftypefnx {Function File} address@hidden, @var{fpath}, 
>>>> @var{fltidx}] =} uiputfile ())
>>>> | +## Opens a GUI dialog to select a file. @var{flt} contains a (list of) 
>>>> file
>>>> | +## filter string(s) in one of the following formats:
>>>> 
>>>> Please consistently use "Open" instead of "Opens" here.  The first
>>>> sentence of a doc string should be written as a command, not a
>>>> description.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> jwe
>>> O.k. I have pushed it with the minor fixes. Since I could try this on linux 
>>> 32bit and 64bit I am especially interested in reports if these function 
>>> work as expected on MacOS and Windows. For a simple test you can just use:
>>> 
>>> demo uigetdir
>>> demo uigetfile
>>> demo uiputfile
>>> 
>>> Kai
>> When I demo uigetfile or uiputfile, I'm presented with a dialog what is not 
>> of the pwd. I've attached a picture. uigetdir works the same as Matlab and 
>> presents the pwd.
>> 
>> It looks to me as if the dialog is a partial representation of my root 
>> directory.
>> 
>> octave:8>  ls -1 /
>> Applications
>> Developer
>> Library
>> Network
>> ProIndependent.QtiPlot
>> System
>> User Guides And Information
>> Users
>> Volumes
>> bin
>> cores
>> dev
>> etc
>> home
>> home (from old Mac)
>> lost+found
>> mach_kernel
>> net
>> opt
>> private
>> sbin
>> sw
>> tmp
>> usr
>> var
>> 
>> Ben
> Ben,
> 
> thanks for the report, I pushed a quick fix for the pwd issue. Regarding the 
> directories not shown in the dialog - Is there any specific about them? Do 
> you see the same problem in other directories as well?
> 
> Kai

>From Octave's prompt my root directory looks like ...

 ls -l /
total 18279
drwxrwxr-x 102 root     admin     3468 2010-11-19 22:11 Applications
drwxrwxr-x  18 root     admin      612 2010-08-19 11:55 Developer
drwxrwxr-t  63 root     admin     2142 2010-09-17 21:07 Library
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     wheel       68 2010-02-11 16:13 Network
drwxr-xr-x  18 bpabbott admin      612 2007-12-15 19:51 ProIndependent.QtiPlot
drwxr-xr-x   4 root     wheel      136 2010-11-11 01:47 System
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root     admin       60 2010-07-23 13:07 User Guides And 
Information -> /Library/Documentation/User Guides and Information.localized
drwxr-xr-x   5 root     admin      170 2010-07-23 14:15 Users
drwxrwxrwt   5 root     admin      170 2010-11-21 13:17 Volumes
drwxr-xr-x  39 root     wheel     1326 2010-11-11 01:45 bin
drwxrwxr-t   2 root     admin       68 2010-02-11 16:13 cores
dr-xr-xr-x   3 root     wheel     4342 2010-11-20 12:16 dev
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root     wheel       11 2010-05-05 01:47 etc -> private/etc
dr-xr-xr-x   2 root     wheel        1 2010-11-20 12:17 home
dr-xr-xr-x   2 root     wheel       68 2010-07-12 16:13 home (from old Mac)
drwxrwxrwt   3 root     wheel      102 2010-08-19 09:19 lost+found
-rw-r--r--   1 root     wheel 18693813 2010-11-06 02:22 mach_kernel
dr-xr-xr-x   2 root     wheel        1 2010-11-20 12:17 net
drwxr-xr-x   5 root     admin      170 2010-05-13 17:43 opt
drwxr-xr-x   6 root     wheel      204 2010-05-05 01:50 private
drwxr-xr-x  67 root     wheel     2278 2010-11-11 01:45 sbin
drwxr-xr-x  14 root     admin      476 2009-09-29 21:53 sw
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root     wheel       11 2010-05-05 01:47 tmp -> private/tmp
drwxr-xr-x  15 root     wheel      510 2010-09-12 15:57 usr
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root     wheel       11 2010-05-05 01:47 var -> private/var

Matlab gives ...

>> ls -l /
total 18279
drwxrwxr-x 102 root     admin     3468 2010-11-19 22:11 Applications
drwxrwxr-x  18 root     admin      612 2010-08-19 11:55 Developer
drwxrwxr-t  63 root     admin     2142 2010-09-17 21:07 Library
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     wheel       68 2010-02-11 16:13 Network
drwxr-xr-x  18 bpabbott admin      612 2007-12-15 19:51 ProIndependent.QtiPlot
drwxr-xr-x   4 root     wheel      136 2010-11-11 01:47 System
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root     admin       60 2010-07-23 13:07 User Guides And 
Information -> /Library/Documentation/User Guides and Information.localized
drwxr-xr-x   5 root     admin      170 2010-07-23 14:15 Users
drwxrwxrwt   5 root     admin      170 2010-11-21 13:17 Volumes
drwxr-xr-x  39 root     wheel     1326 2010-11-11 01:45 bin
drwxrwxr-t   2 root     admin       68 2010-02-11 16:13 cores
dr-xr-xr-x   3 root     wheel     4342 2010-11-20 12:16 dev
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root     wheel       11 2010-05-05 01:47 etc -> private/etc
dr-xr-xr-x   2 root     wheel        1 2010-11-20 12:17 home
dr-xr-xr-x   2 root     wheel       68 2010-07-12 16:13 home (from old Mac)
drwxrwxrwt   3 root     wheel      102 2010-08-19 09:19 lost+found
-rw-r--r--   1 root     wheel 18693813 2010-11-06 02:22 mach_kernel
dr-xr-xr-x   2 root     wheel        1 2010-11-20 12:17 net
drwxr-xr-x   5 root     admin      170 2010-05-13 17:43 opt
drwxr-xr-x   6 root     wheel      204 2010-05-05 01:50 private
drwxr-xr-x  67 root     wheel     2278 2010-11-11 01:45 sbin
drwxr-xr-x  14 root     admin      476 2009-09-29 21:53 sw
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root     wheel       11 2010-05-05 01:47 tmp -> private/tmp
drwxr-xr-x  15 root     wheel      510 2010-09-12 15:57 usr
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root     wheel       11 2010-05-05 01:47 var -> private/var

The uigetfile only shows the four entries seen in the prior email. I don't see 
anything unusual about other directories.

Ben