Hi Matt.
I implemented the easiest parts of your suggestion.  Now, new file browsers will start off in the most recent of:

1) Last cd
2) Current session folder
3) Directory you started Chimera in (if you started from the shell)

For #3, it only applies to non-Windows, and only if the folder isn’t the same as the one you get when you start by clicking the icon (‘/‘ on Mac, ‘~’ on Linux).

If none of the above apply, it uses the same logic it used previously.

Available in the next daily build.

—Eric

Eric Pettersen
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab


On May 13, 2017, at 2:42 PM, Dougherty, Matthew T <matthewd@bcm.edu> wrote:

a related suggestion would be some buttons on the file IO dialogs that would put the path directory at some fixed locations.  Currently it comes up semi-random; i.e. chimera session file is located at /a/b/c , but file IO might come up /a/y/z, usually where the last session was located.  Using a 'cd' command does not correct it.

buttons 
IO path to 'cd' 
IO path to root

IO path to what is saved as a user preference.
IO path of last session, or scroll list of past sessions.
The latter two would be helpful in organizing projects 

Matthew Dougherty
National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
Baylor College of Medicine
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Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 7:04:44 PM
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Subject: [Chimera-users] Open file interface suggestion
 
Hello,

I have been using your software for a while. I love the features and general user interface. There is one thing that drives me nuts, though. The side-by-side list interface when I go to open files.A window-based one would be much easier. Is there an option for that that I am not seeing? If not, I suggest adding the option. Thank you for your software!

Best,
Dan


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Daniel Kool
Graduate Research Assistant, Jernigan Lab
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Iowa State University
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