Specifying Default Directory Locations

The File/Directory Preferences are illustrated below. They allow you to specify the default locations for various kinds of GaussView-related files.

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Specifying Default Directory Locations

The Starting Directory popup allows you to select the following choices:


The Scratch Directory popup, which specifies the location for temporary scratch files that GaussView uses in some cases, has the following choices:

The Maximum Recent Files field specifies the maximum length of the recent files list on the File menu.

The Primary Open Files Dialog and Primary Save Files Dialog popups allow you to select which version of the file opening and saving dialogs are used by default (respectively). The defaults are the simpler forms, corresponding to the Basic menu item. The Advanced menu selections correspond to the more complex, feature-rich versions.