On 19/03/2018 17:34, Xiao Lei wrote:
I would like to change the default Coot download folder path (let's say after fetch a pdb, Coot saved the
pdb in the default download folder). I looked into the Edit--> Preferences in Coot and I could not find a
place to change the PATH. How could I find this option in Coot?
You could create a link from your chosen directory to coot-download in the current directory before coot
creates the directory.
Alternatively, you could use the dirty hack attached - edit it to set the directory that you choose and put
this script in your ~/.coot-preferences directory.
Paul.
(define (my-chosen-download-directory)
"/home/xiaolei/coot-download" ;; or some such
)
(define (get-directory dir-name)
(if (string? dir-name)
(if (string=? dir-name "coot-download")
(set! dir-name (my-chosen-download-directory))))
(if (file-exists? dir-name)
(if (is-directory? dir-name)
dir-name
#f)
(let ((status (make-directory-maybe dir-name)))
(if (= status 0)
dir-name
(let ((h (getenv "HOME")))
(if (not (string? h))
#f ;; couldnt find home. Baah.
(begin
(let ((new-dir (append-dir-dir h dir-name)))
(let ((status (make-directory-maybe new-dir)))
(if (= status 0)
new-dir
#f))))))))))
