I think a behavior much like this IS seen in earlier versions. One especially nasty example is when you are re-running a job (say, to correct a parameter or two), make a few wrong clicks as Miguel mentions, and the interface asks "Overwrite file X", and you say Yes, thinking "It's file X from my past run that I want to re-do", but it's really file X in another project directory. (Maybe I'm the only person this has happened to? Not common, but when it happens and you realize it, OUCH!)
Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Miguel Ortiz Lombardia > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 8:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ccp4bb] ccp4i 6.1.0 and file paths > > Dear all, > > I have a request to the developers of CCP4I. I find very bizarre and > potentially quite confusing that the default value for file paths is > not _strictly_ the project directory but, instead, any > directory that > you happen to choose a moment before using 'Full-path', for instance > (see below). This is especially problematic with output files, of > course: you often simply write the name of the file (or worse, the > task interface writes it for you) in its corresponding place, > without > paying attention to whether it goes to the project directory or > somewhere else. In fact, you, at least I, expect the files to go to > the project directory. But this may not happen if you chose a "Full > path" for a particular file five minutes ago or, like it happened > right now to me, if when you are creating a project you do this: > > 1) Click too fast and select a directory under the directory you > actually wanted > 2) Realise your mistake > 3) Delete in the directory line (that is, without clicking again > 'Browse') the part that you didn't want > 4) Open the project. > > If you do such thing, the default value for input and output > files for > this new project is... the directory you selected in step 1) and not > the one you wrote in step 3) What is more surprising is that the > project directory itself is all right: only the default path > for input > and output files is wrong. > > When you work with several projects at the time, as probably many > people do, this behaviour can result in a lot of mess. I know > you can > always find the files through the CCP4I gui, but sometimes > you want to > access to those files without having to open the interface. > > It is OK to allow the user to choose a different path but I > think this > should be a choice explicitly made by the user. > > I think in previous versions this behaviour was not observed? > > Happy new year to all! > Best, > > > Miguel > > Disclaimer: I need holidays... > -- > Miguel Ortiz Lombardía > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > !!! NEW ADDRESS !!! > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques > UMR6098, CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille I & II > Case 932 > 163 Avenue de Luminy > 13288 Marseille cedex 9 > France > Tel : +33(0) 491 82 55 93 > Fax: +33(0) 491 26 67 20 > e-mail: [email protected] > Web: http://www.pangea.org/mol/spip.php?rubrique2 > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. >
