[PD] default Save As location (was: [openpanel]/[savepanel]directory, [cd])

[marius schebella]

Rich E wrote:
> When I first posted about this, it was about the recently new ability to 
> do this:
> 
> [symbol somedir(
> |
> [openpanel]

I did not know this yet, cool!

> But this only works if "somedir" is at "$HOME/somedir" on linux and 
> "/usr/blahblah/pdir/somedir" on mac.  So if my directly layout is 
> something like "~/patches/somedir", I have to explicitly write in the 
> message to [openpanel] "/home/myname/patches/somedir".  This will only 
> work on my directly layout, so if it is a patch I'm going to share, I 
> cannot use this new feature (might I add I really like the feature).  
> 
> I was only suggesting that [openpanel]/[savepanel]'s symbol argument has 
> the patch's current directory appended to it, unless the "~" sign is 
> used for home, or a full path is given.  I think, as Martin suggested, 
> this is all handled internally with canvas_getdir() and open_via_path().
> 
> Regarding the normal operation of [openpanel]/[savepanel], i.e. sending 
> it a bang, I think it would be nice if the last directory navigated to 
> is remembered, else the $HOME. 

I think it is quite easy to distinguish between what is a local path and 
what is an absolute path.
these features that you are talking about would make life much easier! I 
hope they get added.
marius.