On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 10:36:02AM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > > > On 9/05/2017 8:42 a.m., Stephan Witt wrote: > > Am 08.05.2017 um 22:26 schrieb Andrew Parsloe <apars...@clear.net.nz>: > > > > > > On 9/05/2017 2:41 a.m., Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 12:14:02PM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > > > > > > > > > On windows 7, alpha1-1, the Open dialogue displays the CWD. > > > > > > > > For alpha1-1, if you open LyX from the GUI (the Start menu?), and you > > > > create a new document, type something, and go to save or save as, where > > > > is the location in the dialog? i.e. what is the CWD in this case? > > > > > > > > Is that experience any different from 2.2.x? > > > > > > > > Thanks for testing, > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > As far as I can tell from brief testing with LyX 2.1.3, 2.2.2, and > > > alpha1-1, nothing has changed. Saving a new document in a just-opened LyX > > > offers the directory set in Tools > Preferences > Paths > Working > > > Directory, say D:/Documents. > > > > The culprit in my case on Mac was the missing entry for document_dir (aka > > Working Directory). > > If I fill it with the name of my real document directory (e.g. > > /Users/stephan/Documents) then > > it works for me too. The 2.2.3 LyX doesn’t need that entry in preferences > > and uses the platform > > specific default value from Qt in this case. > > > > Stephan > > > If the Working Directory slot is not filled on Windows (or if it contains > just a period) File > Open opens to LyX 2.3/bin which seems dangerous to > me.
I agree it should not open to 2.3/bin. > I imagine it should be the My Documents folder. Is this what it was on 2.2.x? Scott
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