On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:48 PM Rick Engebretson <eng at pinenet.com> wrote: > > As I understand the original question (please re-read it) it is actually > an interesting issue for me, too. > > Whether digging up tractor parts, furnace parts, construction parts, > renewable energy info, or Linux programs, etc., it would be nice to know > where the documentation was referenced. > > BTW, your private email remarks; > > "That’s an off-list reply you made to the group. > > This is an off-list reply that I’m making directly to you." > > constitute harassment. > Left the email complete but am trying to bottom post in the relevant section. Really don't know anything about the previous 7 lines of text. No idea what they're about either. Please advise. > > > Ryan Coleman wrote: > > Iz, > > > > There might be a device-level option, to be honest, but I’ve only ever done it based on inserted media. > > > > That said - I wouldn’t even try to chase this idea… as you said - if you know the path already and you’re doing a CLI then it’s already in the user's hands. > > > > — > > Ryan > > > >> On Dec 13, 2020, at 1:26 PM, Iznogoud <iznogoud at nobelware.com> wrote: > >> > >> I am also confused. > >> > >> I am pretty positive that you cannot make (very easily) a GUI program give > >> you a string of the filename (with full path) of a file that it has opened. > >> But if you made the program open that file using the command line, you > >> already have that string, and you may have to play some tricks with shell > >> variables, etc, to fully construct it. > >> > >> If your GUI program was launched somehow, say by clicking on a PDF link in > >> the browser, you are most likely out of luck. > >> > >> I think that your question is not well formed/posed. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list