default dir for printing (Feature #63)

Added by Pieter Van den Hombergh over 12 years ago. Updated almost 12 years ago.

Status:Closed Start date:06/06/2012
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:- % Done:

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Target version:1.2.0

Description

My practice is to store all files relevant for exam production in one directory tree, including the pdf produced by printing to file. I use 'copies' as name for this subdir. as in ~/MC-Projects/lnx_20120629/copies.

It would be nice to have this option (a project relative directory) in the destination directories list.

History

#1
Updated by Alexis Bienvenüe about 12 years ago

From revision r1130, if you choose a subdirectory of the project directory when printing to files (for example ~/MC-Projects/lnx_20120629/copies), next time you print to files, the directory will be adapted to the project you print from (from project lny_2012, the default directory to print to will be ~/MC-Projects/lny_2012/copies). Is this suitable for your purpose?

  • Status changed from New to Feedback

#2
Updated by Pieter Van den Hombergh about 12 years ago

Hello again,
Course and exam season has started again.

I (svn) updated and created the deb package, installed that, such that I now run svn revision 1133.

I observe no difference in behaviour from how I printed last time, but maybe I am not looking properly.
In the previous version (last used in July) I could already specify a printing directory.
Is this option now saved in the project options.xml file or is the relative directory name saved (or suggested from) elsewhere?

#3
Updated by Alexis Bienvenüe about 12 years ago

Yes, this path is saved in options.xml, as it already was. But now, the directory ~/MC-Projects/lnx_20120629/copies used in project lnx_20120629 is saved as %PROJECT/copies, so that when you use printing from another project, the path is adapted.

#4
Updated by Pieter Van den Hombergh about 12 years ago

Looks like a very compatible change then.
At the moment I made my MC-Projects-tree a bit deeper: I use the academic year (2012-2013) as an extra level.
In what options.xml file should I look to verify the saved choice?

#5
Updated by Pieter Van den Hombergh about 12 years ago

Could that be in

 ~/.AMC.d/cf.default.xml

#6
Updated by Pieter Van den Hombergh about 12 years ago

Confirmed.
Works ad advertised.
Nice work and thank you very much again.

#7
Updated by Alexis Bienvenüe about 12 years ago

Pieter Van den Hombergh wrote:

Could that be in
~/.AMC.d/cf.default.xml

Oh yes I made a mistake, and you discovored the right place the path is stored!

  • Status changed from Feedback to Resolved

#8
Updated by Alexis Bienvenüe almost 12 years ago

  • Target version set to 1.2.0
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
  • Status changed from Resolved to Closed

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