Re: [Inkscape-devel] Windows Properties > Start in "C:\Program Files\Inkscape\etc"

26 Apr 2017

      Thank you Eduard!
Generally we do suggest filing bugs at LP, after we're more or less convinced 
something is  (A) a bug in the first place, and (B) not a duplicate bug.  But in 
this case, we weren't sure if it was a bug or not.  Plus, in this case, I 
volunteered to relay the question to the list, because the member didn't want to 
subscribe just to ask one question.
But if I find what I think is a bug on my own, I often will ask (on the user 
list) to make sure it's a bug and not a duplicate.  That's because I have such 
bad luck searching LP.
Anyway, thanks again  :-)
-----Original Message----- 
From: Eduard Braun
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 2:59 AM
To: brynn ; Inkscape-Devel
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Windows Properties > Start in "C:\Program 
Files\Inkscape\etc"
Am 26.04.2017 um 04:20 schrieb brynn:
...
Hi Friends,
         A recent post in the forum asks why \etc should be the Start In 
location
for Inkscape installed on Windows.
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=32259
     Pretty much everything is already said in that topic, so I won't make 

so
much noise repeating it.  But I'll be glad to relay the answer, in case 
whoever
has the answer isn't a forum member  :-)
     (Also glad to make a bug report, if it's needed.)

Thank you very much,
brynn
I don't think the modified working directory should cause any issues,
but it's not set to /etc on purpose.
I found the source of the issue [1] (should be exclusive to the .exe
installer). The NSIS function "CreateShortcut" uses the current output
directory as working directory for the generated shortcut (and
Inkscape/etc is the last folder we wrote to at this point).
I'll fix it for 0.92.2.
Regards,
Eduard
P.S. Developers have their hands full with digging through the bugs
filed in Launchpad as it is. No time to visit forums. :-D
Might be worth a thought to motivate the forum users to file their bugs
there (always a good idea as notes in forums / the mailing list tend to
fall into oblivion). Otherwise thank you very much for relaying. ;-)
[1]
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/0.92.x/view/head:/packagi...