Re: Behavior for the file browser window

[John W. Eaton]

On 04/12/2013 07:13 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:

> 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.

This issue is not about the initial working directory when Octave 
starts.  That is still the directory where I started Octave.  The issue 
the I'm asking about is why the initial directory for the file browser 
is different from that directory.

jwe