[Gretl-devel] directory structure in CVS

[Allin Cottrell]

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote:

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

Nice refinement!  I've put this into CVS and a new Windows 
snapshot.

I wonder, does this now make redundant the current switch
(under /Tools/Preferences/File Open/Save):

  Use gretl user directory as default /
  Use current working directory as default

At least this item will have to reworded, since "current working 
directory" will now suggest the directory selected under 
/File/Working directory, not the shell-based CWD.  But perhaps it 
should be removed?  

An alternative, for the benefit of unix-y users, would be to scrap 
the "File Open/Save" tab (which now has only one item) but to add 
a checkbox under "General" -- something like "Set working 
directory from shell" (?)

Allin