[DrJava] [ drjava-Feature Requests-848536 ] Use Working Directory Setting in Interactions

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Feature Requests item #848536, was opened at 2003-11-24 13:34
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Category: Interactions
Group: Small (< 1 pair-week)
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Peter Centgraf (centgraf)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Use Working Directory Setting in Interactions

Initial Comment:
Problem Story:

A student is examining an example program which uses 
relative pathnames.  Since the original program was written 
assuming a command-line interaction, the paths are relative 
to the source root of the program.  When the user runs the 
program in the interactions pane, the relatives paths are 
resolved to the launch point of DrJava, and therefore the 
program does not function correctly.

Solution Story:

When the user recognizes the problem, they open the 
Preferences dialog and set the "Working Directory" option to 
be the source root of the current program.  All further 
interactions make use of this working directory as the root 
of relative paths.  From this point forward, the program 
functions correctly.

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