[Gmsh] Gmsh

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Patrice GENET wrote:

> 
> 
> We are using Gmsh on some PC either with Windows2K, Win98, WindowsXP and
> find it rather usefull .
> 
> I am personally using Gmsh on my laptop ( windows2K). I have no problems
> when using Gmsh for post processing, but when creating geometry
> interactively Gmsh bugs very quickly . Gmsh rune properly on the other
> PC ( desktops). I have the feeling that is linked to the option file
> location and/ or accessibility.
> 
> Is it possible to define the directory where the option file is to be
> located .

Not at the moment--on Unix, Gmsh first looks for the configuration files
in your home directory (by trying to use the $HOME environment
variable), then in $TMP or $TEMP, and then defaults to the current
working directory.

>
> Have you heard of similar problems.

There have been some problems reported on Windows a long time ago (2-3
years?), so we currently skip the $HOME test and try to load/save the
files in $TMP or $TEMP...

Can you send the full crash log? (It will contain which "home" directory
is used.)

Anyway, I will add a new test in the code so that Gmsh first looks for a
variable called $GMSH_HOME. This way you'll be able to choose exactly
which directory to use (and it will also facilitate option sharing
between multiple users).

Cheers,

Christophe

-- 
Christophe A. Geuzaine
Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech
geuzaine at acm.caltech.edu - http://geuz.org