Open session startup directory

I can't seem to find any way to get Ardour to start in a
specific
directory for "Open Session".  After looking at
the code it appears that
it is hard-wired to $HOME.  I wouldn't think that most
people would put
all of their work in their home directory especially since
that's
usually on the root drive and we've been recommending using
a separate
drive for audio for quite a while.  So, unless I'm mistaken,
this would
be a feature request - it would be nice if Ardour could save
the
location of the last used directory in the Open Session menu
and return
there instead of $HOME the next time it's used.

V/R
-- 
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
http://www.thecfband.com



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according to
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is like
saying that asparagus is 'the most articulate vegetable
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On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:51:15PM -0600, Jan Depner wrote:

> I can't seem to find any way to get Ardour to start in
a specific
> directory for "Open Session".  After looking
at the code it appears that
> it is hard-wired to $HOME.  I wouldn't think that most
people would put
> all of their work in their home directory especially
since that's
> usually on the root drive and we've been recommending
using a separate
> drive for audio for quite a while.  So, unless I'm
mistaken, this would
> be a feature request - it would be nice if Ardour could
save the
> location of the last used directory in the Open Session
menu and return
> there instead of $HOME the next time it's used.

Or (what I'd prefer) have a configurable directory to
start from which does not depend on any history.

It also defeats the purpose of having a list of
'preferred directories' in a file chooser if that
list is shared with all other GTK apps - it just
builds up to a point where you could as well not
have such a list at all. This is probably a GTK
'feature', but I can't see what it's good for.

-- 
FA

Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica
Parma, Italia

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Oh well, I took the coward's way out and defined an
environment variable
called ARDOUR_HOME and then modified the code to look for
it.  Here's
the diff if anyone is interested:

22a23,26
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <sys/stat.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
> 
423c427,438
< 	m_open_filechooser->set_current_folder(getenv
("HOME"));
---
> 
>         struct stat ah;
>         if (getenv ("ARDOUR_HOME") != NULL
&& stat (getenv ("ARDOUR_HOME"), &ah)
== 0)
>           {
>            
m_open_filechooser->set_current_folder(getenv
("ARDOUR_HOME"));
>             m_folder->set_current_folder(getenv
("ARDOUR_HOME"));
>           }
>         else
>           {
>            
m_open_filechooser->set_current_folder(getenv
("HOME"));
>             m_folder->set_current_folder(getenv
("HOME"));
>           }
424a440,441
> 	m_folder->set_title(_("select
directory"));
> 
432,434d448
< 	m_folder->set_current_folder(getenv
("HOME"));
< 	m_folder->set_title(_("select
directory"));
< 

    I still think it would be nice to go to the last used
directory (or
HOME if it is missing) but that would require saving and
reading in
something from a config file somewhere.  This was much
easier and it
works fine for me 


On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 12:51 -0600, Jan Depner wrote:
> I can't seem to find any way to get Ardour to start in
a specific
> directory for "Open Session".  After looking
at the code it appears that
> it is hard-wired to $HOME.  I wouldn't think that most
people would put
> all of their work in their home directory especially
since that's
> usually on the root drive and we've been recommending
using a separate
> drive for audio for quite a while.  So, unless I'm
mistaken, this would
> be a feature request - it would be nice if Ardour could
save the
> location of the last used directory in the Open Session
menu and return
> there instead of $HOME the next time it's used.
> 
> V/R
-- 
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
http://www.thecfband.com



"Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which
according to
everybody is the 'most reliable Windows ever.' To me, this
is like
saying that asparagus is 'the most articulate vegetable
ever.'"

Dave Barry


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Forgot to mention - that's new_session.cc in gtk2_ardour.


On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 16:46 -0600, Jan Depner wrote:
> Oh well, I took the coward's way out and defined an
environment variable
> called ARDOUR_HOME and then modified the code to look
for it.  Here's
> the diff if anyone is interested:
> 
> 22a23,26
> > #include <sys/types.h>
> > #include <sys/stat.h>
> > #include <unistd.h>
> > 
> 423c427,438
> < 	m_open_filechooser->set_current_folder(getenv
("HOME"));
> ---
> > 
> >         struct stat ah;
> >         if (getenv ("ARDOUR_HOME") !=
NULL && stat (getenv ("ARDOUR_HOME"),
&ah) == 0)
> >           {
> >            
m_open_filechooser->set_current_folder(getenv
("ARDOUR_HOME"));
> >             m_folder->set_current_folder(getenv
("ARDOUR_HOME"));
> >           }
> >         else
> >           {
> >            
m_open_filechooser->set_current_folder(getenv
("HOME"));
> >             m_folder->set_current_folder(getenv
("HOME"));
> >           }
> 424a440,441
> > 	m_folder->set_title(_("select
directory"));
> > 
> 432,434d448
> < 	m_folder->set_current_folder(getenv
("HOME"));
> < 	m_folder->set_title(_("select
directory"));
> < 
> 
>     I still think it would be nice to go to the last
used directory (or
> HOME if it is missing) but that would require saving
and reading in
> something from a config file somewhere.  This was much
easier and it
> works fine for me 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 12:51 -0600, Jan Depner wrote:
> > I can't seem to find any way to get Ardour to
start in a specific
> > directory for "Open Session".  After
looking at the code it appears that
> > it is hard-wired to $HOME.  I wouldn't think that
most people would put
> > all of their work in their home directory
especially since that's
> > usually on the root drive and we've been
recommending using a separate
> > drive for audio for quite a while.  So, unless I'm
mistaken, this would
> > be a feature request - it would be nice if Ardour
could save the
> > location of the last used directory in the Open
Session menu and return
> > there instead of $HOME the next time it's used.
> > 
> > V/R
-- 
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
http://www.thecfband.com



"Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which
according to
everybody is the 'most reliable Windows ever.' To me, this
is like
saying that asparagus is 'the most articulate vegetable
ever.'"

Dave Barry


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