On 08/01/2026 15:15, Derek Logan wrote:
Hi all,
I recently began to use Coot-1 and am slowly getting used to it (currently on
1.1.19). However, there is one thing that I still haven't adjusted to and would
like to know what my options are. Even if I start Coot-1 from the command line,
it will always open the same set of files that I am already working on, no
matter what directory I am in.
Yes, It was my understanding that this is the expected (even desired)
behavior for a modern desktop application.
In previous versions it would read the preferences file 0-coot.state.scm from
the current directory, or create one if it didn't exist. This was very handy
when hopping from one project to another, which I have to do on a daily basis,
so I could in fact have several instances of Coot running at the same time that
didn't overlap. Is it possible to restore this behaviour in Coot-1? I can't
even work out what the Coot-1 equivalent of 0-coot.state.scm is.
Coot now follows the XDG Base Directory Specification, so look in
~/.local/state/Coot
I didn't know other people worked like that.
I will add a setting which will mean that quick-save and end session
save files are written to the local directory.
Also, Coot-1 always opens the file selector in "Recents" rather than the last
directory I visited. Say I just opened a PDB file involving several clicks to get to the
directory and I want to open the corresponding MTZ file in the same place without having
to do all those clicks again. Is there a way to set this up?
You are using 1.1.19. See the Release Notes for 1.1.20.
Paul.
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