Comment 3 for bug 613153

Thanks for clarifying that. I suppose I wasn't sure what to expect. I filed
the bug but wasn't sure if it's not more of a feature request than a bug. If
I can figure this out, it will really help in my utilization of Leo for
portability.

Regards,
Rob............

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Ville M. Vainio <email address hidden> wrote:

> I think this is a legitimate bug.
>
> Path descriptions in a leo document should be relative to the .leo file.
> If the .leo file is in E: drive, \ should refer to the root of the E
> drive.
>
> --
> unable to describe root directory on thumb drive
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/613153
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> Status in Leo: a programmer's editor and more: New
>
> Bug description:
> Environment:
> -Running WinXP
> -Launching Leo with C:\ as the root directory
> -Opening Leo file stored on portable thumb drive (drive letters may be
> different depending on which machine it's connected to)
>
> Leo file is here:
> E:\Documents\Leo Outlines\ (drive letter E:\ is variable)
>
> Wanting to create @thin node to save file to here:
> E:\Documents\Web Site\
>
> Tried:
> @thin E:\Documents\Web Site\
> This works but only on machines that assign E: to the thumb drive)
>
> @thin \Documents\Web Site\index.html
> This produces the following error:
> errors writing: C:\Documents\Web Site\index.html
> path does not exist: C:\Documents\Web Site
>
> @thin .\Documents\Web Site\index.html
> This produces the following error:
> errors writing: E:\Documents\Leo Outlines\Documents\Web Site\index.html
> path does not exist: E:\Documents\Leo Outlines\Documents\Web Site
>
> @thin ..\Documents\Web Site\index.html
> This produces the following error:
> errors writing: E:\Documents\Documents\Web Site\index.html
> path does not exist: E:\Documents\Documents\Web Site
>
> I've tried up to three dots (same result as above).
>
> I need to know how to specify a correct path when the root directory drive
> letter is variable.
>
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