| IDL workbench & windows [message #58449] |
Thu, 31 January 2008 16:31  |
elwood
Messages: 23
Registered: February 2007
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I'm having alot of problems with the workbench!
1)IN the help files it says I should be able to use a preference
dialog to set
the initial working directory.
I cannot find such a dialog:
I've got a preferences->idl->paths dialog
but which one of those paths in there does idl consider my initial
working dir?
2)For some unknown reason IDL set the working dir to
C:\Program Files\ITT\IDL70\bin\bin.x86
The only way i was able to fix this was by creating a new working dir
and new project and dragging files over to it
3) As an evil experiment I wanted to rename my workspace directory
Name was idlworktest
and I have a project called p1
and I have a file named test.pro in the project
Couldnt see any way to rename workspace using the workbench.
So I closed idl
renamed my workspace to
idlwork
opened idl
tried to switch workspace
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First, IDL wrongly allows me to browse to a folder which no longer
exists
second when I print the current dir its not the same as the
"workspace"
when I look at the project properties it does show the directory
idlwork/p1
Could someone clarify the difference between workspace and initial
working directory?
The workbench is really making me crazy!!
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| Re: IDL workbench & windows [message #58602 is a reply to message #58449] |
Tue, 05 February 2008 14:34  |
Jean-Paul Davis
Messages: 17
Registered: March 1998
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Junior Member |
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Has anyone found a solution to the original problem? I too want to
store projects outside the workspace, keeping them closed unless I'm
working on them. I'd like to automatically change directory to the
project's directory when I open a project, so that when I run the
project it runs from that directory (just like when running a .sav
file from that directory). I guess this is not currently possible?
So I have to either (A) set the "change directory on open" editor
preference and open the project's main .pro file before running, or
(B) use something like David's ProgramRootDir in my code?
Jean-Paul Davis
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| Re: IDL workbench & windows [message #58617 is a reply to message #58449] |
Mon, 04 February 2008 14:58 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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elwood writes:
> Current dir is easy enough to find out,
> but I am talking about the PROJECT folder.
> The problem is that I may be running a program from a project but I
> find that the workbench
> has my current dir set to one thing and the project dir set to
> something entirely different.
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> When I open a previously created project,
> workbench doesnt seem to be cd'ing to the Project folder
Well, I have to admit, I find myself all over the damn place,
and for who knows what reasons. I haven't found a pattern yet,
so I couldn't really advise you.
I do think, however, that opening a project is not enough
to get you into a different directory. I think you have to
either open a file in your editor (and have the "Change directory
on file open" button selected in IDL-> Editor preferences),
or you have to open or save a file to a particular directory
with Dialog_Pickfile. That seems to move me around pretty
good, too.
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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