Hello Robert, The problem is that different people like different behaviours. I added the working directory options because a lot of people asked for it. You are the first one who asked for the old behaviour since I changed it so I think it is not of general interest.
I suggest you wirte a script or patch the sourcecoud yourself. When I add options to change the behavior this makes the program more complex and so I prefer to keep it as it is. Best regards Oliver Am Montag, 26. Januar 2004 02:31 schrieb Robert M. Riches Jr.: > > From: Oliver Rauch <[email protected]> > > Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 23:01:53 +0100 > > > > You can change the working directory in the menu > > preferences->change direcotry > > > > XSane always uses the working directory that is listed in the xsane.r= c > > file. When there is no xsane.rc file or there is no working directory > > listed in the xsane.rc file then xsane uses the recent working direct= ory. > > > > xsane always saves the selected working direcotry line to the xsane.r= c > > file when xsane exits. > > Thank you for pointing out the path to the working directory > menu item. I had searched under preferences->setup->save > and had missed the obvious at the bottom of the menu. > > So, let's say on Monday I'm working in directory A and use > the menu item to have xsane put files there. Then, on > Tuesday, I have an xterm in directory B and start up xsane > from that xterm, so that the xsane process's cwd (current > working directory) from the OS is B. Xsane will put the > files in A, where I was on Monday (unless I go through the > menu to tell xsane information it already has)? I would say > that's undesirable behavior for any user other than ones > whose world revolves around "My Documents". I, for one, > liked the older (circa 0.84) behavior on this point. > > What is the potential for an RFE or patch submission for a > command line option or environment variable to allow the > user to control whether xsane uses the OS's cwd vs. the > directory saved in the xsanerc file from the previous > session? (I'm about 50% for minor enhancement patch > submissions to other programs: one accept, one reject, one > accept with modifications.) > > Or, should I just write a quick Perl wrapper script to > modify the xsanerc file before invoking the real xsane? > > Thanks. > > Robert Riches > [email protected] --=20 http://www.xsane.org http://www.rauch-domain.de http://www.sane-project.org
