Comment 9 for bug 613153

On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:39:28 -0000
"Ville M. Vainio" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Terry, did you test on a different drive than where Leo was installed?

Yes, I had the .leo file and .html files on F: just as Rob described (except he used E: and it was a removable rather than internal drive, but let's assume it's not sensitive to media type or drive letter value :-) Leo was "installed" on the desktop, the C: drive.

> It should not be closed because it's still broken :)

Which aren't working as you'd expect? The paths in the original report were all wrong, the correct relative paths and absolute path (E:\Documents\Web Site\) work, and I'm not sure if '@thin \Documents\Web Site\index.html' really means anything in Windows.

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>
> ----- Original message -----
> > Terry, after further review I see that I characterized the error
> > incorrectly. You're right that ..\Web Site\ works the same as
> > ..\..\Documents\Web Site\
> >
> > However, \Documents\Web Site\ still does *not* work as expected. Not
> > sure if this bug should be closed or not as I have a workable solution
> > (..\..\etc. will reference back through the drive root).
> >
> > BTW, I'm using Leo v4.7.1 final
> >
> > Rob..................
> >
> > --
> > 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.
> >
> >
>