as long as $PWD is respected, I don't think either way really matters

On 23 March 2016 at 11:53, Damien Cassou <[email protected]> wrote:

> Mariano Martinez Peck <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Damien Pollet <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Because there is this concept called "consistency" that's interesting to
> >> have :p
> >>
> >> If your code wants $HOME it can ask for it explicitly, same for /.
> However
> >> if it just wants to do something in $PWD consistent with most use-cases,
> >> the image directory is the sensible default.
> >>
> >>
> > I agree with Pollet. I don't care if it is image directory or $HOME.
> What I
> > care is that $PWD of the VM process should match with FileSystem >>
> > workingDirectory.  And right now it does not match.
>
> I was not clear enough: I agree that consistency is important and VM
> must answer the same as image. What that "same" should be is still
> unclear to me though. You propose the image folder, but this is
> inconsistent with other applications launched by double-click. I propose
> to be consistent with other applications: HOME on Linux, / on OS X.
>
> --
> Damien Cassou
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>
> "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
> losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill
>
>


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