Based on certain previous questions, I figured that if my NotebookBrowseDirectory looked like this
Options[$FrontEnd, NotebookBrowseDirectory]
{NotebookBrowseDirectory -> "/Users/brian/mma"}
then the OSX front end would default to saving new notebooks there. Instead it defaults to saving them in the home directory /Users/brian. Does there exist a variable I can set to make the UI default to saving into a different directory from my homedir?
SetDirectory[dir]sets the current working directory to dir – acl Dec 2 '12 at 2:58SetDirectory[NotebookDirectory[]]sets the current directory to the same one as where the notebook is saved. I do the above first thing each time. – Nasser Dec 2 '12 at 3:14NotebookBrowseDirectoryworks on Windows and Linux, but on Mac, we allow the operating system to assert its natural behavior over such things. I'm not now so convinced that this was a good idea, but I haven't finished a proper investigation. So, it's possible this behavior will change in the future. – John Fultz Dec 2 '12 at 8:22init.mwith aSetDirectory[]command work to do more or less what I want? – Brian B Dec 2 '12 at 20:23