I should have checked more thoroughly. It's only the DX main menu
that fails to recognize the directory setting. Run visual program
and Edit visual program both go to the root (curiously, with a
double slash at the start. I.e., I end up at // not /). However,
the VPE dialogs (open, load macros,
Problem solved...mostly. I stumbled across a config file in my home
directory. The file is named .dx-ad, and is not documented anywhere
that I've been able to find. The VPE uses it to save things like
which module categories are expanded. The settings in this file
take effect whether DX is
Joel,
You can set the following environment variables to override things:
DXMDF=path2mdf/file.mdf
DXMACROS=path2macrosdirectory
DXARGS=-directory /workingpath
.bashrc is not consulted from an app that is not started from a
terminal. You can follow the thread on Apple's X11 mailing list for
David,
Thanks - this works as advertised ... mostly!
1. Setting DXMDF, DXMODULES, and DXMACROS in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist
works just fine.
2. Setting DXARGS to change the working directory does not work - I
still end up at the root dir.
3. Also, I'd like to set host to localhost. (Otherwise
I tested the DXARGS specifically because this was the most
interesting and it worked with no problems (changed my directory to
my Desktop). Can you check it again? Can you check it on the command
line and see if it works? I guess, I should also know what you mean
by it doesn't work (mine made
