On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 21:12 -0700, Peter Naulls wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Michael Dales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I'd like to suggest a small change to the way ArcEm finds files - > > made a bit more relevant due to hostfs stuff. Currently the default > > assumption is that ArcEm looks for files in the current working dir. > > On Mac OS X and Windows this is a broken assumption, as users will > > click on an icon. I'd like to suggest that ArcEm looks in a directory > > specified by a user configuration file. And in the X11 version it > > just forces the user to cd before they run arcem. > > It's correct under Windows due to the way app launching normally works. > I don't have any strong views about the matter, but clearly if it's > going to break things on Mac OS X, it ought to be addressed.
Certainly, short cuts to executables can also define their default working directory. My stance on this is that from a purity sense, you should store user configuration and such in the user's profile directory, as they may not have write permissions to where ArcEm is installed. -- Rob Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information _______________________________________________ arcem-devel mailing list arcem-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/arcem-devel
