Scripts For Using Current Directory Updated

[Thomas Passin]

Some time ago I added a few scripts in the form of @button nodes that did useful things with the outline's current directory:

- Open a command window/terminal at the current directory;

- Open a file manager window at the current directory;

- Copy the current directory to the clipboard.

"Current directory" means the directory in effect at the selected node - e.g., @path, @file, etc., otherwise the outline's directory.

The Leo method used by these scripts changed and caused these scripts to sometimes go to the parent directory instead.

I've changed the code to work as intended, and I changed from using the os.path library to pathlib.

These changes have been merged into the "master" branch of TomPassinScripts.leo in the leo-editor-contrib repo on GitHub.

[Edward K. Ream]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 8:45 AM Thomas Passin <tbp1...@gmail.com> wrote:

Some time ago I added a few scripts in the form of @button nodes that did useful things with the outline's current directory:

Would you like to contribute these scripts to Leo?

Edward

[Thomas Passin]

Certainly.  I use them a lot.  In fact, sometimes I don't know how I managed without them. I have them in my myLeoSettings.leo outline so all outlines can use them.

Where should they go in the Leo code base? They are already in the leo-editor-contrib outline, but I suppose not many people will find them there.

[Edward K. Ream]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 9:57 AM Thomas Passin <tbp1...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Would you like to contribute these scripts to Leo?

> Certainly.  I use them a lot.

> Where should they go in the Leo code base?

Please send them to me in a small .leo file. I'll figure it out :-)

Edward

[Thomas Passin]

OK, here they are.

Here's an example of how they can be used. You have a node and you want to have some images that you can display with, say, VR3.  You want to put them into an images subdir, but you have to navigate there first.  How can you do that?  With the show-current-dir button you just click it and the system's file manager/Windows Explorer window opens on that directory. Now you can copy those image files to the images subdirectory.

[Edward K. Ream]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 11:52 AM Thomas Passin <tbp1...@gmail.com> wrote:

OK, here they are.

Here's an example of how they can be used. You have a node and you want to have some images that you can display with, say, VR3.  You want to put them into an images subdir, but you have to navigate there first.  How can you do that?  With the show-current-dir button you just click it and the system's file manager/Windows Explorer window opens on that directory. Now you can copy those image files to the images subdirectory.

Thanks Thomas. These buttons are nifty. I'll find the proper place for them.

Edward