Re: Behavior for the file browser window

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 04/12/2013 06:13 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> On 04/12/2013 06:03 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:
[snip]
> > After this changeset:
> >
> > changeset: 16499:facf00ce97d3
> > user: Torsten <address@hidden>
> > date: Thu Apr 11 19:01:55 2013 +0200
> > summary: gui: configurable synchronization between file browser and
> > octave directory
> >
> > the initial directory for the file browser is my home directory
> > instead of the directory I am in when I start Octave. Was that change
> > intentional? Even if the location in the file browser is not tracking
> > Octave's current directory, I think it would be better to have the
> > initial file browser directory be the same as Octave's initial
> > directory.
>
> Depends on how Octave is launched. If the program is launched from a
> shell window, it seems more likely the user wants to start in the base
> directory or the directory in which they last worked. If the program is
> launched from an Applications icon, probably the user wants to return to
> location where they left off. Maybe an option --cwd would be helpful.

Actually, I'm not sure that covers it.  The Applications menu can't 
enter Octave's last working directory.  The default launch directory 
might have to be the last working directory.  Is there a way to tell if 
Octave has been launched from a shell window?  Someone can put a "cd" in 
their octaverc file to control the working directory I suppose.

Dan