Christian - No worries. Hope you had a pleasant vacation! Thank you for opening an issue - I'll keep an eye on github, too.
Best, Bridger On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Christian Grün <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Bridger, > > Sorry for letting you wait; I’ve been on vacation. > > I have opened a new GitHub issue [1], and I will soon check if it’s > possible to modify or extend path resolution of the RUN command. > > All the best, > Christian > > [1] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/issues/1454 > > > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 4:13 AM, Bridger Dyson-Smith > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all -- > > > > apologies for the strange title: I'm not quite sure how to word my > question. > > I'm having a problem with maintaining the correct context of basexgui, > > particularly with testing some .bxs files. > > > > I have a directory where I've been keeping my BaseX installs: > > /usr/home/bridger/src/basex = $baseXhome. > > > > I've been in the habit of starting new tests and projects in the repo > > directory in $baseXhome; e.g. $baseXhome/repo/new-test. In the new-test > > directory, I have the following: > > > > new-test/ > > data/ > > resources/ > > add.xq > > .basex > > .basexgui > > .basexhome > > check.bxs > > add.bxs > > > > check.bxs is a simple script: > > CHECK foo > > RUN add.bxs > > CLOSE > > > > add.bxs runs an xquery script: > > RUN resources/add.xq > > > > and the `add.xq` is (surprisingly) another simple script: > > let $msg := file:current-dir() > > return > > $msg > > > > The problem I'm having is that, unless I `cd ~/src/basex/repo/new-test && > > basexgui`, `basexgui` isn't able to determine the relative file path(s) > of > > any of the secondary scripts (add.bxs and resources/add.xq). While it > > wouldn't be a terrible burden to launch the GUI from a new terminal > (thank > > heavens for multiplexers!), the problem there is that basexgui seems to > > default to (re)opening the last directory where it was launched; in other > > words > > 1. `cd ~/src/basex/repo/new-test && basexgui` and the GUI launches and > > things look great. > > 2. in a new terminal window: `cd ~/src/basex/repo/old-test && basexgui` > and > > the GUI launches and opens the new-test directory. > > > > So, I guess that's two problems, but they're both somewhat related to the > > relative directory path context of the GUI. > > > > I've tried adding .basexhome (manually) and .basexgui (manually and > letting > > the GUI add them automatically), but those files don't seem to help > matters. > > Is there anything else that I can try to resolve this? I know that I can > use > > absolute file paths, but I have a simple project that I want to share > with a > > colleague. Is the solution to add some XQuery that will determine file > > paths, and add/insert that into the command .bxs files? > > > > Thanks so much for your time and trouble. > > Best, > > Bridger > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
