[Tutor] Path?

[Adam Bark]

On 13 July 2010 14:43, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
> My apologizes to Steven and the list, when I replied originally I messed up
> and sent it to him privately which was not my intention.
>
>
>
> > On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:42:28 am Jim Byrnes wrote:
> >> I am running Ubuntu.  I downloaded the source code examples for a
> >> book I purchased.  Some of the examples load image files located in
> >> the same directory as the program.  If I go to the current directory
> >> in the terminal the program can use the image files.  However, if I
> >> use a launcher or the filemanager it pops up an error dialog saying
> >> the file does not exist even though it is in the same directory.
> >>
> >> The program simply uses the files name.  Is there a way without
> >> editing the source and inserting the full path to run the program
> >> from a launcher or the filemanager and allow it to see files in the
> >> current directory?
> >
> > What file manager are you using? Nautilus? Konqueror? Something else?
>
> Nautilus. I have it configured to run files with the extension .py when
> they are double clicked.
>
>
> > What do you mean, "use a launcher"? Use a launcher to do what? What sort
> > of launcher?
>
> It runs programs and sits on the panel at the top of my Ubuntu desktop.
>  The command it uses is usr/bin/python2.6.  These are wxPython examples I am
> working with.
>
>
> > What pops up an error dialog? The launcher?
>
> I am assuming Python. The title bar of the dialog says Python2 Error, the
> message is   Can't load image from file 'wxPython.jpg': file does not exist.
>
>
> > Which file does it claim doesn't exist? Python? The Python script? The
> > image file? What is the exact error message it gives?
>
> See above.  The line that triggers the error is:  image =
> wx.Image('wxPython.jpg', wx.BITMAP_TYPE_JPEG)
>
>
> > There's probably a way to tell the launcher which working directory to
> > use, but of course that depends on the answers to the above questions.
> >
>
> If I use the terminal to start the program it has no problem using the
> file.  There are multiple files in multiple directories so I was looking for
> a way to just double click them and have them run.  If it turns out that I
> must make changes to or for each of the files it will be easier to just keep
> using the terminal.  I've only been using Ubuntu for a few months so I was
> surprised that the program could not see a file that is in the same
> directory.
>
> Regards,  Jim


The problem is ubuntu doesn't run the script from the directory it's in so
it's looking for wxPython.jpg somewhere else.
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