I think a behavior much like this IS seen in earlier versions. One especially nasty example is when you are re-running a job (say, to correct a parameter or two), make a few wrong clicks as Miguel mentions, and the interface asks "Overwrite file X", and you say Yes, thinking "It's file X from my past run that I want to re-do", but it's really file X in another project directory. (Maybe I'm the only person this has happened to? Not common, but when it happens and you realize it, OUCH!)
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Miguel Ortiz Lombardia
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 8:33 AM
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> Subject: [ccp4bb] ccp4i 6.1.0 and file paths
>
> Dear all,
>
> I have a request to the developers of CCP4I. I find very bizarre and
> potentially quite confusing that the default value for file paths is
> not _strictly_ the project directory but, instead, any
> directory that
> you happen to choose a moment before using 'Full-path', for instance
> (see below). This is especially problematic with output files, of
> course: you often simply write the name of the file (or worse, the
> task interface writes it for you) in its corresponding place,
> without
> paying attention to whether it goes to the project directory or
> somewhere else. In fact, you, at least I, expect the files to go to
> the project directory. But this may not happen if you chose a "Full
> path" for a particular file five minutes ago or, like it happened
> right now to me, if when you are creating a project you do this:
>
> 1) Click too fast and select a directory under the directory you
> actually wanted
> 2) Realise your mistake
> 3) Delete in the directory line (that is, without clicking again
> 'Browse') the part that you didn't want
> 4) Open the project.
>
> If you do such thing, the default value for input and output
> files for
> this new project is... the directory you selected in step 1) and not
> the one you wrote in step 3) What is more surprising is that the
> project directory itself is all right: only the default path
> for input
> and output files is wrong.
>
> When you work with several projects at the time, as probably many
> people do, this behaviour can result in a lot of mess. I know
> you can
> always find the files through the CCP4I gui, but sometimes
> you want to
> access to those files without having to open the interface.
>
> It is OK to allow the user to choose a different path but I
> think this
> should be a choice explicitly made by the user.
>
> I think in previous versions this behaviour was not observed?
>
> Happy new year to all!
> Best,
>
>
> Miguel
>
> Disclaimer: I need holidays...
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