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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:29:42 -0800
From: Colin D Bennett <colin AT gibibit DOT com>
To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Subject: [geda-user] pcb gtk file chooser's default directory annoyance
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Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com

Hi,
I'm working on board layout with recent pcb git HEAD, specifically:
  git commit: 818ba7247eea5c2b137e55ed32011d11fb15cc7c
  timestamp: Tue 2012-01-03 23:40:09 +0000

The problem is that every time I use the file chooser (File | Load
netlist file, File | Load element data to paste-buffer, etc.),
there is no default directory the first time I use the file chooser
in a session.  The first time the file chooser is used, the
“Recently Used” option is selected in the gtk file chooser, which
is almost never what I want since it doesn't even let me get at the
directory in which a file is!!  Then I have to navigate all the way
to my layout's directory manually, which is time-consuming and
error-prone.

I thought we discussed this some time ago and resolved that file
choosers should start out initially showing the directory in which
the current .pcb layout file is located.

Maybe it's a simple fix in the code, I haven't had a chance to look
at it, but I wondered if anyone else is seeing this, or is it
related to my system library versions etc.
(I'm on Ubuntu 11.10 amd64.)

Regards,
Colin