[scilab-Users] Release of Scilab 5.3.0 - beta 3

[Calixte Denizet]

Le mercredi 15 septembre 2010 à 13:43 +0200, Mathieu Dubois a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> Thanks for your reply but I think I was not clear in my explanations.
> >> I'm using Scilab 5.3.0 beta 3 for a few days and I wanted to report some
> >> minor problems with scinotes (the new text editor).
> >>
> >> When saving a file the default path is in scilab configuration directory
> >> (~/.Scilab/ scilab5.3.0-beta-3). I think that it would be better to
> >> propose the current directory. I didn't find anything on bugzilla.
> >>
> >>      
> > On my computer, if I start Scilab from my home directory, the default
> > dir is my home.
> > You can try to put an empty string in the value attribute of the tag
> > LastOpenedDirectory in the file
> > ~/.Scilab/scilab-5.3.0-beta-3/configuration.xml, restart scilab from
> > your home and test... If the bug is still alive, please make a bug
> > report.
> >    
> I was talking about the directory proposed in scinotes. In fact it is 
> the directory of the last saved file which might be ok. But a way to 
> quickly jump to the current directory would be nice. Maybe using the 
> native file explorer would be better...

Actually, we use Java components...

But a workaround is to use the menu File > Open file in... where you can
add (and remove) your favorites dirs and choose a dir where the
filechooser will be opened.

If you have a very very favorite dir, the button 'Open in' (third button
from the left) is configurable in the file
SCI/modules/scinotes/etc/scinotesGUIConfiguration.xml where you have a
line :
<button action="OpenFileInAction" tooltip="Open in ;MODULES"
icon="document-open-sci.png"/>

where the tooltip value can be (the ; is a separator):
tooltip="Open In;/your/very/favorite/path"

> >> Also it would be nice if scinotes is automatically launched when scilab
> >> starts (for instance if it was open when scilab was closed). This may be
> >> too late for 5.3.0...
> >>
> >>      
> > In the directory ~/.Scilab/scilab-5.3.0-beta-3/ just put a file
> > scilab.ini containing scinotes; that's all !
> >    
> It would help but I'm used to dock scinotes and it's boring to repeat 
> this every time I launch scilab.

You're right, we should be able to save the docking configuration...
maybe for 5.4.x

> Best regards,
> Mathieu

Calixte