[Gretl-devel] directory structure in CVS

[Sven Schreiber]

Am 29.12.2007 17:25, Allin Cottrell schrieb:
> 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".

I think that's a very good idea; maybe the menu entry could even get a 
submenu with a list of recently used directories, similar to the submenu 
for File/Script files. Then it would be "lightning-fast" to switch from 
one project dir to another.

-sven