Hi Bill,
I suspect you had selected /Users/billt as
DOSBox-X's working directory which was then
saved to the *global* config file earlier. As a
result, its working directory automatically
becomes /Users/billt. You can check whether a
global config file is being used (and its full
path) by typing the command "CONFIG -L" in
DOSBox-X's DOS command shell. You can then take
a look at the "working directory option" and
"working directory default" settings in the
global config file, which essentially achieves
the function of the -defaultdir option. Try
modify the "working directory option" and
"working directory default" settings in the
global config file and see how it works. Hope this helps.
Wengier
On Sunday, December 26, 2021, 01:02:03 p.m. EST,
Bill Troop <billtroop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks Paul I will consider that. Not that I have
any experience setting paths in MacOS !!! Or is
it paths in the DOSBOX system I should be setting? Or both?
At 12/26/2021 12:17 PM, you wrote:
>Dear Bill
>
>I don't use DOSBOX but the symptoms you are
>reporting sound similar to those in DOS, VDOS
>etc when you have not specified the location of XYWrite in the Path setting.
>
>Happy Xmas
>
>Paul
>
>On 25/12/2021 23:00, Bill Troop wrote:
>I've tried this many times and it simply never takes. And there does
>seem to be a misfunction. For example, I invoke dosbox from a folder
>called xyz. But when I try to save the map file, I get the console
>message, cannot open file in xyz/xyz. (It repeats the name of the
>folder.) So I created that dummy folder, and sure enough, the map file
>got saved there. However, it still doesn't register. From dosbox I can
>explicitly say, load this map file, and still the change will not occur.
>After restarting dosbox, the mapper editor always shows the original
>setting.
>
>I also couldn't get any font setting to work. I tried Carl's settings,
>but they just resulted in error messages, even when I eliminated all the
>white space.
>
>I also find that I cannot get the screen length commands to register,
>and I can't get any ttf font to load. Should the font be included in the
>dosbox folder? I have to invoke these commands from the dosbox menu,
>laboriously, each time.
>
>I am finding everything much speedier, but I still am annoyed by a
>delay-before-repeat upon keypress and would love to be able to change that.
>
>
>At 12/24/2021 02:18 PM, you wrote:
>To save Wengier some trouble when answering:
>
>Bill, WengierÒ¢¬"s instructuctions said nothing about adding a line to a
>a
>file. You use the top-line menu Main, then Mapper Editor, and then
>follow WengierÒ¢¬"s instructions exactly ly
as written. Click Save when done.
>.
>
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