[SOLVED] featherpad won't open files

cybervigilante · 07-22-2018, 02:25 PM

When I typed featherpad myscript.sh, instead of opening that script, it opens to a blank untitled page. This only happened today. It was working before.

michaelk · 07-22-2018, 02:40 PM

If your current working directory isn't where myscript.sh is located the command as posted will open a blank document. You can use the cd command to navigate to the directory where myscript.sh is located or you can use its absolute path.

cybervigilante · 07-22-2018, 02:58 PM

I'm in the directory and it was working. Just isn't now. I was wondering if there was an update that screwed things up. The odd thing is if I move the file to the home directory featherpad works correctly. But the Progs directory I'm in now, which is under home/jim doesn't work, and I am the owner.

So I changed back to my Progs directory, under my Home, and the program I copied to home now edits correctly but nothing else does - unless I copy that also to home, then go back to Progs, and then it works. I'm mystified.

michaelk · 07-22-2018, 03:01 PM

What are the permissions of your Progs directory.

cybervigilante · 07-22-2018, 03:07 PM

Permissions are the same as home. Anyway, I did a system restart and the problem went away so it was a dynamic system glitch - nothing to do with fpad or my directories.

michaelk · 07-22-2018, 03:29 PM

Good. You can mark the thread as solved using the thread tools pull down menu at the top.

cybervigilante · 07-22-2018, 05:49 PM

Thanks. I was wondering where to enable that. I was trying to edit the title

That would have been my first action when I was on Windows, but I get so few system glitches in Linux I forgot.