SaveDialog not showing $HOME directory

[pcardona34]

Hi Sergiii,

Context :

Debian 12.8
Linux NEXTPI 6.6.51+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.51-1+rpt3 (2024-10-08) aarch64 GNU/Linux

• Behaviour:
  When trying to save a new document (UNTITLED.rtf) whithin TextEdit
  menu: "Document / Save..."

In the Dialog Box :

1. The User Home Icon (House) does not change Directory to $HOME;
2. In the root list, only are there three paths available :

• /Applications
• /Developper
• /Library

So the $HOME directory is not available and You cannot save the unsaved file.

• Console maybe usefull messages:

2024-12-23 23:41:30.604 TextEdit[1796:1796] Creating a default printer since no default printer has been set in CUPS.
2024-12-23 23:41:30.627 TextEdit[1796:1796] Warning: (NSLayoutManager) -[NSLayoutManager setHyphenationFactor:] not implemented
2024-12-23 23:45:03.147 TextEdit[1796:1796] Error while establishing connection <<NSNibOutletConnector: 0x556b6d7f78> src= h=&-- v=--& <NSButton: 0x556ba6c6d8> f={x = 228; y = 6; width = 71; height = 27} b={x = 0; y = 0; width = 71; height = 27} dst=<NSFormCell: 0x556b924d18> label=nextKeyView>: [NSView -setNextKeyView:] passed non-view object <NSFormCell: 0x556b924d18>
2024-12-23 23:45:03.148 TextEdit[1796:1796] awakeFromNib
2024-12-23 23:45:03.161 TextEdit[1796:1796] NXTSavePanel: _selectTextInColumn:-1

[pcardona34]

P.S.: It is the same for the Open File Dialog.

[trunkmaster]

@pcardona34 works for on Fedora 41 and Debian 12. By default Open/Save dialog displays home directory on its first appear.

What is your user home directory? What is inital location displayed in Save dialog? What do expect to see?

[pcardona34]

Hi Sergii,

Thank You for your answer.

In Packaging/install_environment.sh
At line 106, in the add_user() function, the adduser command is called with options (-b, etc) not available within debian context of this command.
So my mistake was to comment these options and run the installation, so my home base directory has been: /home.

Wondering again about the -b /Users option, and after reading the OpenStep specs about /Users basename of the home directory, I realised this environment was mandatory.

Finally, I understood that the convenient command should be useradd instead of adduser at line 106 for a debian installation.
See: https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/passwd/useradd.8.fr.html

The two commands: adduser and useradd exist on Debian, but those do not accept the same options.

So I shall try a clean installation again from a clean fork, with that modified, so I should have the good basename '/Users' VS '/home'...

Maybe the other issues I reported could also be concerned by this bad home base path. I shall tell You as soon as possible.

[pcardona34]

Hi Sergii,

I tried again with a fresh install from source (see issue #448 for the detailed process).

Even I modified the line 106 in Packaging/install_environment.sh to obtain a /Users base home directory, it seems that this function was never called while You install NextSpace from Packaging/Sources scripts.

So I reproduced my first attempt : my $HOME var was again /home/patrick (not /Users/patrick) and it still never shows in Open or Save Dialogs.
The initial location of these File Windows is always the System root /, And only these three folders are there:

• /Applications
• /Developper
• /Library

Maybe I am missing one step in the install process ? Can You confirm I sould have /Users and not /home as the user home base directory ?