Embedding ngcgui in EMC 2.4.x

Hi

In my ini file I used relative paths

I would advise, don't, unless you know what PWD is and where the routine searching is starting from, it is a short cut to madness.

When I wrote my ngcgui subs, I pretty soon came to the conclusion that the only thing that actually works, is using the directory pointed to by PROGRAM_PREFIX =

For that reason, all my subs are in their own sub-directories but sym-linked to ~/emc2/ngc in my case.

For the same reason I specify explicitly the paths eg
NGCGUI_SUBFILE = ~/emc2/ngc/pcd.ngc

This setup gives me zero problems, I never touch any files in ~/emc2/ngc and do any editing or code changes to the subs in their own named sub-directories, which ensures I am always sure exactly what it is I am editing.

regards

In 2.4 I came to the same conclusion as you about the directory structure and used the directory pointed to by program prefix. In 2.5 it is much better behaved and I placed all my subroutines in the /subroutine directory under emc2.

In my ini I have:
[DISPLAY]
...
NGCGUI_SUBFILE = /home/john/emc2/subroutines/face.ngc

[RS274NGC]
SUBROUTINE_PATH = /home/john/emc2/subroutines

John

I will have to try that John.
Because mine 'just work', I haven't done anything to them since I wrote them.

A lot of features were consolidated and repaired in 2.5, this is probably one of them.

regards

Yea, if it ain't broke don't fix it is my motto too...

John

Thanks guys that did the trick! No more relative paths for me

Glad you got it sorted out.

Rick G