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From: Andrew Poelstra <asp11 AT sfu DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb gtk file chooser's default directory annoyance
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On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 09:51:15AM +1100, Stephen Ecob wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Colin D Bennett <colin AT gibibit DOT com> wrote:
> 
> >> Another workaround is to open a shell, cd to your work directory
> >> and launch PCB from the shell (in my case "pcb PSU.pcb")
> >> The file chooser will now default to opening to your work
> >> directory.
> >
> > Nope, that doesn't work for me.  Running 'pcb BOARD.pcb' is how
> > I've been invoking pcb all the time and I still find the file
> > choosers defaulting to 'Recently Used', which means I can't easily
> > get to the layout's own directory (which is also the current working
> > directory).
> 
> Strange, it works well for me on Fedora 13 with a bash shell and
> recent build from GIT (a few weeks old).
> Which distro and shell are you using ?
>

I have the problem on Fedora 16 (and not just with gEDA). Since I don't
have gnome installed, I thought it was just another problem caused by
missing gconf settings.

But perhaps it is a recent Gtk+ change.

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Andrew Poelstra
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