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On Sep 22, 2011, at 11:56 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:

> 
>> I don't think we should change directories at at all, ever. The
>> question of which folder we bring up our file-chooser in - is
>> another matter.
> 
> The question becomes more relevent if you have to run gnetlist, and
> the schematics aren't specified with absolute paths, or if your
> footprint library paths are intended to be relative to the pcb file.
> 

Indeed.

The problem is actually much broader than that: a complete project may include documentation, software, simulations, scripted builds, etc. The only common data organizing mechanism the tools for all these things share is the file system. This seems to demand that the working directory be significant, as it's the only place all the tools will be able to recognize as the root source of project configuration information.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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