Re: [Changeset] uigetfile, uigetdir, uiputfile

[Kai Habel]

 On 21.11.2010 16:25, Ben Abbott wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Kai Habel wrote:
>
> > On 18.11.2010 20:57, John W. Eaton wrote:
> > > On 18-Nov-2010, Kai Habel wrote:
> > >
> > > | I have not received much feedback so far. Here is a new Changeset, if
> > > | nobody objects I will push this in a few days.
> > >
> > > Sorry, I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I have no objection
> > > to you pushing it now if it is mostly working.
> > >
> > > | +## @deftypefnx {Function File} address@hidden =} uigetdir ()
> > > | +## Open a GUI dialog to select a directory. If @var{init_path} is not given
> > >
> > > | +## @deftypefnx {Function File} address@hidden =} uigetfile 
> > > (@dots{},"Multiselect",@var{mode})
> > > | +##
> > > | +## Opens a GUI dialog to select a file. It returns the filename @var{fname},
> > >
> > > | +## @deftypefnx {Function File} address@hidden, @var{fpath}, @var{fltidx}] =} 
> > > uiputfile ())
> > > | +## Opens a GUI dialog to select a file. @var{flt} contains a (list of) file
> > > | +## filter string(s) in one of the following formats:
> > >
> > > Please consistently use "Open" instead of "Opens" here.  The first
> > > sentence of a doc string should be written as a command, not a
> > > description.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > jwe
> > O.k. I have pushed it with the minor fixes. Since I could try this on linux 
> > 32bit and 64bit I am especially interested in reports if these function work as 
> > expected on MacOS and Windows. For a simple test you can just use:
> >
> > demo uigetdir
> > demo uigetfile
> > demo uiputfile
> >
> > Kai
> When I demo uigetfile or uiputfile, I'm presented with a dialog what is not of 
> the pwd. I've attached a picture. uigetdir works the same as Matlab and 
> presents the pwd.
>
> It looks to me as if the dialog is a partial representation of my root 
> directory.
>
> octave:8>  ls -1 /
> Applications
> Developer
> Library
> Network
> ProIndependent.QtiPlot
> System
> User Guides And Information
> Users
> Volumes
> bin
> cores
> dev
> etc
> home
> home (from old Mac)
> lost+found
> mach_kernel
> net
> opt
> private
> sbin
> sw
> tmp
> usr
> var
>
> Ben
Ben,

thanks for the report, I pushed a quick fix for the pwd issue. Regarding 
the directories not shown in the dialog - Is there any specific about 
them? Do you see the same problem in other directories as well?

Kai