Jeff, The machine next to it is running version 2.5.4, and does reference the nc_files folder for gcode files. I checked the ini file for any other reference to nc_files, and no other instances exist.
Regards, Eric On September 1, 2017 10:29:05 AM EDT, Jeff Epler <[email protected]> wrote: >On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 09:21:42AM -0400, Eric H. Johnson wrote: >> Dewey, >> >> So is PROGRAM_PREFIX in the DISPLAY section getting ignored? I >previously set it to: > >to the best of my knowledge, PROGRAM_PREFIX has never been used by >task for opening part programs with relative paths. If I'm mistaken >about this, can you state a released version number or git ref which >behaved differently? If that behavior has changed, we'd want to treat >it as a regression. > >(task *does* read PROGRAM_PREFIX, but it appears to do so only for >locating custom M-code scripts, which is an unfortunate historical >choice) > >Rather, UIs may read PROGRAM_PREFIX and use it in whatever way they see >fit, such as showing the file open dialog with that directory as the >initial location. This is what AXIS does, last time I checked. > >If you decide you want to enhance your UI so that it automatically >joins >relative paths to PROGRAM_PREFIX before sending them to task, that >would >make sense to me. > >should consider using boost::filesystem for this purpose, since we >already use several other boost facilities. In the future, when C++17 >support is widespread, we can transition to use of std::filesystem with >a mostly-compatible API. This would involve a few steps, such as >adding >the right development packages to debian/ packaging metadata, adding >configure tests to find the right library names to link, etc, before it >could be used in a UI program. > >Jeff > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >_______________________________________________ >Emc-developers mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
