So right now KiCad uses wxGetCwd when it needs a default path. On Linux this is HOME or wherever to launched it from command line.
The problem is wxGetCwd returns %PROGRAM FILES%/KiCad as windows uses the executable directory by default. This directory is read only on a proper Windows 7+ system and requries administrator permissions to write. So it is a bad choice. Ideally we replace wxGetCwd with wxStandardPaths::Get().GetDocumentsDir() which will return %USER%/Documents on Windows and HOME on linux. Except this will break Linux users being able to launch kicad in command line in their favorite folder. So do we #ifdef Windows where getCwd used or something else? As of right now, wxGetCwd is an bad choice for windows. -- Mark _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
