ReplaceAbsolutePaths (RAP)

[Onesimus Prime]

My first (attempt at a) software release!

A description taken from selected parts of the readme:
"I was testing a program for portability recently and discovered that, although it could be portable, the process required a fair amount of manual editing of text-based settings files, converting absolute paths to relative ones. This is also the case in many program launchers such as Executor, SlickRun, or Launchy, as well as other software like MetaPath or QuickWayToFolders."
"Sometimes if a file is 'buried' in enough levels of folders and subfolders, it can get confusing how many '..\' to use."
"Basically, this program [RAP] has two general functions: calculating a relative path when given two absolute ones, and offering to replace any instances of an absolute path with the newly calculated relative one within a particular text-based settings file."

A few more details at the above link, along with download options and a full 2.5 page Readme...

[donald]

Onesimus Prime

Great work, and thanks for the app.

(Please keep us updated on this.)

[webfork]

Good idea.

[Napiophelios]

This is a great concept and works well as is.

But I was curious how hard it would be to implement it in a different way.
It would be x1000 times more useful if it worked on a text input basis,
instead of one entry at a time.

The app would assume the input ini's location is the "Home Directory"
and convert all pathes in the ini file to relative ones.

The user could then drop their RocketDock.ini onto the converter
and the world would be right again.

Its just a thought.
Dont know if it would even be possible
to discern a path within a text file.

But,like I said, its fine the way it is.
Thanx