Tino Schwarze wrote: >On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 12:55:25PM -0600, John Griessen wrote: > > > >>I have read some past posts discussing the directory pointed to by the >>"get image" menu-pick and the "save file as" menu-pick. >> >>Some argue they like the way it is. I see such a wide audience there will be >>no >>one way to do things, and wonder if I figured out how to add a preference >>choice >>or command line option used when Scribus starts, if it would be accepted by >>the >>developers? >> >>In Scribus 1.32 from cvs, I am getting "the last dir Scribus was pointing at" >>for the get image menu pick. >>I am getting "user home dir" for save file as menu pick. >> >>I would like to be able to change these to "directory Scribus started from" >>or >>some dir given on the command line after the program name, such as >>scribus132 . >> >>(scribus132 is the name for my current version of Scribus executable, and . is >>"this dir" in bash command interpreter.) >> >>That would be easier for me to use with my work style. Who else thinks so? >> >> > >I'd like to have PDFs default to the same directory as the Scribus file >they are made from. It always buggers me and I may even have printed an >outdated flyer with errors because of this (plus being inattentive of >course). > >I'd propose the following: >- Have a history of recently used directories available. >- Make stuff configurable, e.g. "remember directories per document", > "use document directory as starting point" for each "get image", "save > as", "export to" and "open" > > I think a practical solution is to have everything reset to default values, which can be set by the user. It would be OK to "stick" to a value while the program is running, that is usually useful, but once you shut it down, everything should go back to the user-assigned defaults.
Greg
