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Bug 99473 - Change of working directory still needs access to "HOME" environment variable setting
Change of working directory still needs access to "HOME" environment variable...
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: General
1.x
Other Windows
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
Daniel Egger
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-11-25 04:22 UTC by Keenyn Williams
Modified: 2009-08-15 18:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Keenyn Williams 2002-11-25 04:22:17 UTC 
Hi,

The problem that I've had is that using the package on a laptop both at 
work and at home, I've had to change the "HOME" environment setting to be 
the local drive. When reconnected to the network, this setting is then 
reset for the home drive on the network.

Could you change this to use another environment variable - say gimprc or 
provide the ability to change the home directory.

Yes, I've changed it within the program but this modifie's the "gimprc" 
file on the "HOME" environment variable drive so it still requires access 
to "HOME" environment variable path before it will use the specified 
working directory

Regards

Keenyn.
Comment 1 Sven Neumann 2002-11-25 11:33:22 UTC 
*** Bug 99457 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Sven Neumann 2002-11-25 11:34:44 UTC 
Sorry, I used the wrong entry. Of course this bug is unrelated to bug
99457.
Comment 3 Sven Neumann 2002-11-25 11:38:22 UTC 
You would dramatically increase the likelihood of this issue being
fixed if you could provide a patch.
Comment 4 Sven Neumann 2002-11-26 14:27:35 UTC 
Couldn't you workaround your problem by using the --gimprc
command-line option? This is from the gimp man-page:

  -g, --gimprc <gimprc>
       Use an alternative gimprc instead of the default one. Useful in
       cases where plugins paths or machine specs may be different.
Comment 5 Michael Schumacher 2002-11-29 01:02:06 UTC 
There is another environment variable:

GIMP_DIRECTORY
Comment 6 Michael Schumacher 2002-12-21 16:22:29 UTC 
According to my own experience and several postings on the
gimpwin-users mailing list, the GIMP_DIRECTORY variable works
perfectly. This is not a bug.
Comment 7 Keenyn Williams 2002-12-22 02:47:48 UTC 
Michael,

Thank you for that GIMP_DIRECTORY is what was required.

Regards

Keenyn.