setup a Window button of changing current working directory

[Arlindo da Silva]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Hai-Ru Chang <hrc at eas.gatech.edu> wrote:

> Hello,       Is there any way in GAGUI to set up an Window Button than
> will change current working directory for you.  The purpose of the button is
> to make the file list in 'open'' menu item to list the files in the
> directory that you want.  Thanks!
>
>
Short answer: no.

Longer answer:   the chdir() function is a very needed functionality in
grads; I've been thinking about implementing it as an opengrads extension
(along with other POSIX functionality). Having that command, you can create
a simple GAGUI button to run chdir().

            Arlindo




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Arlindo da Silva
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