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Date:	Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:59:11 -0800
From:	Colin D Bennett <colin AT gibibit DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] pcb gtk file chooser's default directory annoyance
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:00:44 +1100
Stephen Ecob <stephen DOT ecob AT sioi DOT com DOT au> wrote:

> Hi Colin,
> 
> I see the same behaviour, in fact AFAIK GTK HID has always
> behaved this way.
> 
> My workaround is to use a file manager to browse to my project
> folder and then double click on the .pcb file to launch PCB.
> When I then perform File | Load netlist file, File | Load element
> data to paste-buffer, etc. the file chooser opens up pointing to
> my home directory, but a single click on "Recently used" takes me
> to the directory that holds my .pcb file.  I'm working with
> Fedora 13 with Gnome desktop.

OK, I'll try that.

> 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).

Regards,
Colin

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