Evince "home directory"

[Ed Greshko]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 21:16 +0100, Roberto Ragusa wrote:
>   
>> Ed Greshko wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Besides, things are done in an inconsistent manner.  For example, if I
>>> start "gnome-terminal"  from the menus in a Gnome session it will start
>>> in $HOME.  But, if I start it from the menus in a KDE session it will
>>> start in $HOME/Documents.  To change the behavior I need to edit the
>>> menu item and change the "Work Path" since someone thought it would be a
>>> good idea to default to that directory.
>>>       
>> So we actually have:
>> - the obvious base directory for the user ($HOME)
>> - the obvious base directory for that kind of files ($HOME/Downloads)
>> - the obvious preferred behavior chosen by the menu creator ($HOME/Documents)
>> - the obvious directory chosen by the user (where he saved last time)
>>
>> And I actually still miss the best of all:
>> - the current working directory
>>
>> If I'm in a console and type
>>
>>   cd /mnt/documents/finance/reports/2009/11/03
>>   oowriter
>>
>> I would really like that the save-as file selector would
>> _not_ open on the "obvious" places, but open in the current directory
>> (you know, it's called current for a reason).
>>     
>
> I couldn't agree more. I find this behaviour maddening. I imagine it's
> because when started from the GUI the concept of current directory is
> vague at best, but when starting from the Shell they definitely should
> take note of it.
>
> It's also infuriating that every time I need to store a file using one
> of the standard file dialogues, e.g. from Firefox, I have to navigate to
> the right place *every time*. Even within the same session of the app,
> there's no short-term memory of the last place I stored a file.
>
> As someone very wisely said, GUI apps are not easy to use, they're just
> easy to learn.
>
> poc
>
>   
And, to boot, someone also thought is was a good idea to name files with
uppercase names in an O/S that is case sensitive.  :-(



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