Re: [MiNT] updated: XaAES 1.6.6

["J. F. Lemaire" <jflemaire@skynet.be>]

On 29 October 2013 10:50, Helmut Karlowski <helmut.karlowski@ish.de> wrote:
> J. F. Lemaire, 29.10.2013 08:40:36:

>> - GEMClip, when run from the ACC directory (GEMDOS partition),
>> launches (via shel_write()) GEMDict, which receives its own directory
>> as CWD, which is right; but when GEMClip is run from an ext2
>> partition, GEMDict receives the path of GEMClip as CWD and cannot run
>> (this can be tested via the "Clips/Look up online" menu item in
>> GEMClip, even without network, with $DICT set to the GEMDict program).

> I haven't changed anything for accessories, they are launched differently.

> But the path of the called app is the path of the caller which is probably
> wrong and may be the cause of the above.

I think you may have missed the relevant info: the CWD of the called
app is different *according to whether the caller is run from a GEMDOS
drive or an ext2 partition*. This should definitely not happen.

Cheers,
JFL
-- 
Jean-François Lemaire