flathub/org.octave.Octave

uigetfile and uiputfile return wrong directory with native file dialogs

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#51 opened on Mar 7, 2019

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hello , is it my problem or a bug in uigetfile()

uigetfile() returns my work path not the path for the file i choose.

documentation says about uigetfile() : Open a GUI dialog for selecting a file and return the filename fname, the path to this file fpath, and the filter index fltidx.

Octave version 5.1.0

>> [filename, folder] = uigetfile();
>> folder
folder = /home/khalil2535/Octave/HomeWork's/Homework1/
>> % selected file : /home/khalil2535/Octave/Materials/images/cameraman.tif
>> % my work path /home/khalil2535/Octave/HomeWork's/Homework1/

information about the environment :- Operating System: Fedora 29 KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.5 Qt Version: 5.11.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.55.0 Kernel Version: 4.20.13-200.fc29.x86_64 OS Type: 64-bit

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Investigate the uigetfile implementation in Octave and the interaction with Flatpak's native file dialog. Check if the issue is caused by Flatpak's file system sandboxing or a bug in Octave's handling of the returned path.
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