Re: [wxlua-users] Another small paths problem...

John Labenski <jla...@gm...> wrote:
(28/05/2009 23:56)

>> PATH=string.gsub(arg[0],"^(.+[/\\]).+$","%1").."Bitmaps/"
>>
>> It works, but it's a clumsy method. At least it's portable, it accepts non-Windows path separators...
>
>This is a typical problem of finding where a program's external
>resources are and is not unique to wxLua or Lua. The way you do it is
>pretty a pretty standard way. You may want to create a shortcut to
>your app and set the "Start In" path to the directory of the program
>and its resources.
>

Ok, I guess not everything native to the OS is lovely. :) Shortcuts are binaries, they break at times (especially if triggered accidentally when they can't find the file they want...), I learned to avoid them except for simple stuff like drag-generated shortcuts made from existing files on demand.

I'll stay with the method I worked out because that way I can separate the path and filename from the string, and I know I'll be wanting that done anyway for various things. Just need to use gfind instead of gsub to fetch both parts to variables.