I should have checked more thoroughly. It's only the DX main menu
that fails to recognize the directory setting. "Run visual program"
and "Edit visual program" both go to the root (curiously, with a
double slash at the start. I.e., I end up at "//" not "/"). However,
the VPE dialogs (open, load macros, file interactors, etc.) all
start at the desired directory.
I tried setting DXHOST to unix and tried adding "-host unix" to
DXARGS (and I am logging out/in each time), but with the same
behavior - the launcher window goes away, but no dx.
Just curious - what is the ~/.dx-ad config file? Is it safe/recommended
to add parameter settings there? As I said, setting DX*host there
does work.
Thanks again for the help.
Joel
David Thompson wrote:
I tested the DXARGS specifically because this was the most interesting
and it worked with no problems (changed my directory to my Desktop). Can
you check it again? Can you check it on the command line and see if it
works? I guess, I should also know what you mean by it doesn't work
(mine made all FileSelectors and Open/Save dialogs default to the
Desktop folder I set it to.)
Remember you have to log out and log in each time you make a change to
the environment.plist file (its only read once at log in time.)
Can you set the -host localhost okay via the command line? You could
also try to set DXHOST=unix which will just assume a localhost but not
even try to look up the machine name.
David
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