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

[Mathieu Dubois]

On 09/17/2010 10:11 AM, Mathieu Dubois wrote:
> On 09/15/2010 02:27 PM, Calixte Denizet wrote:
>> 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"
> Thank you very much for the tip!
By the way, it would be nice to have a similar for "Save" (something 
like "File > Save file in")...