[Gretl-devel] directory structure in CVS

[Allin Cottrell]

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote:

> Am 29.12.2007 04:53, Allin Cottrell schrieb:
> > As I say, this is a first step.  I have not yet done anything 
> > about automatically changing workdir based on the last 
> > directory visited via the file open/save dialog.  I'm not sure 
> > that's a good idea, though it's open for discussion.
> 
> I agree it's better not to rush it and think it through 
> thoroughly. For example, maybe it would be better to expand the 
> use of the existing "currdir" thing instead of constantly 
> updating workdir. But I guess many backward-compatibility issues 
> linger there...

One thing that may be worth doing: move the choice of the "gretl 
user directory" (that is, "workdir" under the new scheme) from 
/Tools/Preferences to the File menu.  It could be relabeled as 
something like "/File/Set working directory".

The point is that it would be more readily accessible, and also 
the user might get the idea that changing the working directory is 
just a regular file operation and not such a big deal -- which 
indeed it's not, now that we've separated out "dotdir".

Allin.