Re: setting start dir. for applications (again...)

["Kevin D. Knerr, Sr." <kknerrsr ptdprolog net>]

On  9 Oct, Florian Berger wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> does really no one know a solution for my problem?
> 
> after installing Gnome 1.2.1 + WindowMaker, I encounter the following:
> When opening a file in a Gnome - application (as gedit, gnome-terminal,
> gimp, gnumeric...), the file requester always starts in
> "/home/username/.gnome" instead of "/home/username". I tried to figure
> out which config - file holds the 'start directory' or something like
> this, but did not succeed. HOME, PWD and OLDPWD are all set to
> "/home/username", but it has no effect.
> 
> How can I get the applications to start searching in "/home/username" ?

Check your ~/.gnome/session file. Each program entry includes a line for
'CurrentDirectory'. One or more of them is probably set to ~/.gnome.
Make a backup copy, then edit ~/.gnome/session appropriately.

Telsa, if this one isn't yet in the FAQ, perhaps you could add it?

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