Re: Behavior for the file browser window

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 04/12/2013 06:53 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:
> 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.

Oh.  I thought recently I notice that launching Octave has the same 
problems.  Let me check...

Yeah, there is something odd; not quite sure.  Before launching Octave 
from a shell terminal in the directory "~/octave", I know there is a 
file open in the editor from the directory I created called 
"~/octave/breakpoint".  Although Octave GUI is showing the "Current 
Directory:" as where the program was launched, I'm able to set a 
breakpoint in the file that is in "~/octave/breakpoint" (and not in the 
path) and break on it.  However, after leaving the debugger and trying a 
second time, I see:

octave:2> testfun(9)
error: 'testfun' undefined near line 1 column 1

This might be related to debugging.  I'll write more about that later.

Dan