[sane-devel] (resend) how to undo saved working directory?

[Oliver Rauch]

You can change the working directory in the menu
preferences->change direcotry

XSane always uses the working directory that is listed in the xsane.rc file.
When there is no xsane.rc file or there is no working directory listed in the
xsane.rc file then xsane uses the recent working directory.

xsane always saves the selected working direcotry line to the xsane.rc file
when xsane exits.

Oliver



Am Samstag, 24. Januar 2004 04:59 schrieb Robert M. Riches Jr.:
> (Apologies if this gets posted twice.  I made the mistake of
> subscribing an email address that is a forwarding service,
> so I can't send from that address, so postings are blocked
> for moderator review.  Apologies in advance if I make any
> more breaches of list etiquette.)
>
> When using the version of xsane that comes with Red Hat
> Linux 9, which claims to be xsane-0.89, I find an
> interesting feature.  Now, xsane remembers the "working
> directory" from some earlier session and puts all the files
> from --save mode there, rather than the _real_ working
> directory where I'm working today.  I realize most
> GUI-oriented users probably want all their image files
> stored in one directory, and they start xsane from their
> Gnome or KDE menus.  However, when I'm working in directory
> Z and bring up xsane from the command line while in
> directory Z, I want xsane to put the files in directory Z.
> Tomorrow, I will be in another directory, and I want xsane
> put the files there.
>
> I found the "working directory" file squirreled away in file
> ~/.sane/xsane/xsane.rc, lines 5 and 6.  A quick wrapper
> script in Perl could update the file to reflect the
> directory from which I'm invoking xsane.  That would be much
> easier than hacking the source code to the program to change
> this unwelcome-to-me feature.
>
> Is there a better and/or easier way to get xsane to use the
> current working directory from which it is invoked?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Robert Riches
> rm.riches at verizon.net

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