Re: Feedback: Six Nautilus annoyances

[Dave Camp <dave ximian com>]

I think it would be reasonably to expect the cwd of executed scripts,
programs, etc. to be the folder being viewed (and ~ in cases where there
is no folder being viewed, such as the run dialog).  Setting the cwd to
the location of the binary causes problems (such as apps running in
/usr/bin) and is inconsistent with any current implementations.

-dave

On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 16:26, Eugenia Loli-Queru wrote:
> You can't base your argument on "people should learn how to write proper
> shell scripts", because if the terminal knows how to deal with "broken"
> shell scripts (which aren't really broken as I showed in that screenshot I
> linked a few days ago), so it should Nautilus. Users expect it to work,
> because it works by using any terminal.
> 
> Rgds,
> Eugenia
> 
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> El mar, 17-02-2004 a las 13:38, Ross Burton escribió:
> > On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 18:09, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote:
> > > > Well. You don't have to do that. Just put e.g. "cd `dirname $0`" on
> the
> > > > first line of the script.
> > >
> > > You see, this will fail if directories have spaces.
> >
> > cd "`dirname "$0"`"
> >
> > > This is also a non-sequitur for regular home users.
> >
> > Home users don't write sh scripts, and people who can code shell scripts
> > should know a little about shell escaping and path manipulation.
> >
> > Ross
> 
> Ross, this is a good response to someone like Eugenia or me.  Not a good
> response to the general public.
> 
> LimeWire installs itself as a graphical application.  Why on Earth do
> you expect LimeWire users will modify the shell script to cope with a
> Nautilus deficiency?  For all they care, the LimeWire icon "works on
> KDE, fails on GNOME, this Linux crap is shit".
> 
> Get the point?
> 
> The correct, expected behavior from Nautilus or any file manager is that
> "if I double-click an icon, the current directory is the one I had
> opened in my face".  People coming from Windows and Mac OS will expect
> that.  It's a reasonable expectation with nothing against it.  Breaking
> that expectation is wrong.
> 
> People who want to save a file which doesn't yet exist may find good use
> in CWDing to the home dir (e.g. for launching apps in the foot menu).
> People who want to work with an existing file (they doubleclicked an
> icon on a nautilus window) find no good use in this.