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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/29/2011 01:41 PM, jean-pierre charras wrote:
> Le 29/01/2011 15:33, Dick Hollenbeck a écrit :
>> Marco,
>>
>> I went back and took a look at your commit one last time, and I again want
>> to complement on your excellence.  It is *extremely* good, nice looking work.
>>
>> It is clear that your experience with C++ is substantial, and I appreciate
>> the degree to which you have been willing to conform to established practices.
>>
>> Thanks Marco!
>>
>> Dick
>>
> Thanks also, Marco.
>
> But I must say there are 2 issues which must be solved:
>
> 1 - if outputdirectory is empty ( ie: (outputdirectory "") ),a PARSE_ERROR is displayed. Should not.
>      Easy to reproduce: open the plot dialog, erase the output directory field,
>      save params, save board file and reopen it.

I will fix number 1.  It is my problem anyway.

Dick

> 2 - Each time relative paths can be used, use and store relative path. This is a *golden rule*.
>      I am talking from experience. Here is my reason:
> 	1 - this is the easier way to keep compatibility between Windows/Linux/MacOS in .brd files.
>              The same working directory can have different name.
> 	2 - in many cases users do not use only one computer, for instance in schools.
> 	    The absolute path of the working directory is not always (or never) known.
> 	    For instance, files can be stored on an USB key, and the working directory does not have the same path on each computer (this 
> is a common case).
> 	3 - Use absolute paths can create tricky bugs: for instance: you have a project called myproject.
>              You want to test a minor change, so to do it, you create a new project called myproject1, that is the copy of the 
> first project. Because an absolute path is stored in the .brd file, all plot files created by the new project will be written in 
> the first project (and break the first project p^lot files). For an user, this is the kind of issue that is very difficult to see.
>
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