On Monday 22 October 2018 17:48:04 Marcus Bowman wrote: > You know those little things that finally do your head in? > > When I choose to Open a file in LinuxCNC, it uses an inconvenient path > name, so I always have to go up a couple of levels and select the > directory I need. I can't find where the path name is stored, in > LinuxCNC or in Axis. Where should I be looking? > I suppose it's in Axis, but the path it uses by default is: > home/marcus/linuxcnc/configs/WabecoMill > when I really need > home/marcus/linuxcnc/CNC_files > Theres an editor called nano that can fix that, what you probably want is:
PROGRAM_PREFIX = /home/marcus/linuxcnc/nc_files > In the previous version of LinuxCNC I had installed I didn't have this > problem (I'm on 2.7.14, and upgraded from 2.something_much_earlier). > > The other real annoyance is that when I select the correct directory, > the window that opens is always too small. Where is the size of the > window defined? Again, I suppose this is Axis, but I can't find where > to look. Yup, that default is always too small, but I expect its a recompile to fix it. Minor annoyance. The horizontal slider needs to be replaced with a vertical that responds to the mouse wheel. That would make loading a new program bunches faster. > > I'd appreciate any pointers. > > Marcus > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
