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Bug 143188 - data directories not remembered
data directories not remembered
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: Main System
git master
Other All
: Low enhancement
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
: 125671 169481 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-05-26 08:48 UTC by Richard Lyons
Modified: 2005-04-01 15:51 UTC
See Also:
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Description Richard Lyons 2004-05-26 08:48:56 UTC
It would save a lot of time if Gnumeric remembered data directories for
  - saving to (if I save a series of versions, I don't want to navigate
               repeatedly to the same place.  Also each session.  Gnumeric
               should default to either the location the file was loaded 
               from, or the last save location - even in previous session.)
  - inserted objects (I insert an image, move to another cell, go to insert 
               another image - oh dear: need to navigate to the same project
               directory again.)
Comment 1 Andreas J. Guelzow 2004-05-26 12:48:22 UTC
*** Bug 125671 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Jon Kåre Hellan 2004-09-07 20:07:43 UTC
We choose directories in
- File/Open
- File/Save as
- File/Print (to file)
- File/Insert image
- File/Save as image

We could have separate default directories for each of these contexts. Per
workbook, obviously. Or we could just have a single default directory per workbook.

A single default directory is much simpler. Are there reasons to do something
more complicated?
Comment 3 Alan Horkan 2004-09-08 14:08:37 UTC
I was asked for an opinion on this

for new documents the file chooser should probably put you at your home directory,
or the directory last used during this session.  

for exisiting documents the file chooser should probably put you at the location
the file was loaded from.  (it might be necessary to allow the Save As directory
to be differnt from the save directory, I'm not sure)

> even in previous session.

I'm not sure this is a good idea.  

my advice to the original poster would be to try and find existing applications
that do what you want or very close to what you want to allow us to make
comparisons more easily
Comment 4 danielm 2004-09-10 11:48:34 UTC
My original problem in BugId 125671 was the frustration of having to 
re-navigate to open a series of monthly returns stored in the same directory. 
File/Open should always try to open in the last opened directory. 
 
Thinking about remarks for comment #2 from Jon-Kare Hellan, having an 
individual memory for some categories would be useful. I would tie Open & Save 
to the same location. It would be great to have Printing default to the last 
directory printed to (I tend to archive printouts into set directories for 
later referral). 
 
For comparison, OpenOffice remembers the last opened/saved directory, but when 
printing to a file it defaults to ~/, which I find annoying. 
Comment 5 Richard Lyons 2004-09-11 09:39:00 UTC
Thinking about the comments so far, I agree that Open and Print to should be 
different.  I often find a need to work on a series of documents in one 
directory, putting the results into a different directory -- for example the 
next phase of a project, or a series of templates moved into a new project.  
Therefore, I think it makes more sense to have Open and Save in different 
default paths.   
 
As to the default path when opening the application, I think there are two 
options, either a global default for each type of path, or the last used for 
each type.  Either has merits, but I would tend to go for the last used.  Many 
people use an application regularly for the same task, so going back to where 
they were last time makes sense.  A neat timesaver that I don't think I have 
seen used would be to have an "intelligent" drop-down for the path when 
Saving, Opening, Printing to, etc.  This would be filled with  
   the last used,  
   the default,  
   the previous 3 last used 
rather than the tree above.  Navigating up the tree is easy enough using 
either the .. entries or an up-arrow button, but finding repeatedly something 
not adjacent is a bore. 
Comment 6 Morten Welinder 2004-10-08 15:13:56 UTC
Open will now default to the directory of the current file (from which the Open
  command was selected).

Save-As will default to the directory of the current file too.

I guess that leaves images.
Comment 7 Morten Welinder 2005-03-07 14:23:41 UTC
*** Bug 169481 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Morten Welinder 2005-04-01 15:51:15 UTC
Fixed in (goffice) cvs head.