[Qgis-user] Sextante: setting the output folder

[Victor Olaya]

you are right, it is harcoded, like the .qgis folder, for instance.

You can change it in the code, but I think it is not a good idea,
since it might lead to problems in some commands and tasks (it should
not, but I wouldn't be completely sure)

regards

Victor

2012/5/8 Paulo van Breugel <p.vanbreugel at gmail.com>:
> Thanks for the reply and your explanation, yes, it makes things clearer,
> thanks.
>
> What I tried to do is to change the location of the 'Sextante' folder. This
> is now automatically created in my home folder each time I start up QGIS (if
> it isn't already there). I would like to have that folder in another
> location that better fits how I organize my folders.
>
> I though I could change that in the general settings, but I think I
> misunderstood that option. Does this mean the location of the folder
> sextante is 'hard coded' somewhere as 'home/sextante'? If so, is there a way
> I can change that? I hope my question makes sense, otherwise, I might not
> have understood things completely after all :-/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paulo
>
>
>
> On 05/08/2012 07:23 PM, Victor Olaya wrote:
>
> There was no such conf file in the folder initially. Only when changing some
> other settings (e.g., in GRASS GIS settings) the file is created.
>
> If you do not change anything, the file isnot created, since it uses
> the default values
>
> However, Sextante does not seem to do anything with that path, it keeps
> using the default folder (user/sextante).
>
> what do you mean with "it keeps using". If you enter a filename like
> "myraster.tif" (without a full path), it will save it to [output
> folder]/myraster.tif
>
> That is how the output folder works, and as far as I can tell, is
> working fine in the latest version.
>
> If you click on the button on the right of the selection panel, it
> will open the default folder, but only if you haven't used it before.
> otherwise, it will open the file selection fialog in the last folder
> that you used.
>
> If you do not enter any filename, the output goes to a temporary file,
> and those files are always kept in user/sextante/tempdata, since it is
> assumed that are temporary and should be deleted. Otherwise, you
> should have entered a full pathname or at least a filename.
>
> Hope this makes things a bit clearer
>
> Regards
>
>