Lindows - defaultfolder on startup
Mark Talluto
userev at canelasoftware.com
Tue Sep 14 11:15:42 EDT 2004
On Sep 14, 2004, at 1:10 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>> Mark Talluto wrote:
>> From the docs:
>>
>> When you start up the application, the defaultFolder is set to the
>> folder containing the application. If you're using the development
>> environment, this is the folder containing Revolution; if you're using
>> a standalone application, this is the folder containing that
>> standalone. (On OS X systems, the defaultFolder is set to the folder
>> that contains the application bundle.)
>>
>> I have found that the defaultfoder my standalones at startup on
>> Lindows
>> are at /root. Just want to confirm this with you all before BZing
>> this. These same standalones on Win and Mac agree with the docs.
>>
>
> Mark,
>
> I just checked this here in a standalone (built in RR 2.1.2) on
> Mandrake
> Linux 10, and the defaultfolder at startup of the standalone is:
>
> /home/martin
>
> The standalone is actually 2 folders below that in:
>
> /home/martin/bin/theapp
>
> Could it be reporting the root folder of the owner of the folder the
> app is in?
>
> Anyway it doesn't agree with the docs here either.
>
>
Hi Martin,
Thanks for looking into that. Another confirmation. I'll post a bug
on it just so that it operates the same as the other platforms.
--
Best regards,
Mark Talluto
http://www.canelasoftware.com
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