Why does by default my text/pdf/docs always be saved in HOME ?

[Vilsen]

Excuse my bad English but I print texts or as pdf etc often
and ALWAYS when I get the dialog window with name fill field
and where the text should be saved, it ends up by default in HOME
for some strange reason.

WHERE & HOW do you change this to what you want, e.g. to the desktop ????

[Boca]

what programme are you using to "print texts or as pdf etc"?

Which Mint are you on? Please post your info using these instructions... viewtopic.php?f=90&t=318644

Tony

[Vilsen]

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mate18@mate18-desktop ~ $ inxi -Fxxrzc0
System:    Host: mate18-desktop Kernel: 4.15.0-128-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.5.0
           Desktop: MATE 1.20.1 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu4) dm: lightdm Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine:   Device: desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z77 Pro4 serial: N/A BIOS: American Megatrends v: P1.40 date: 07/13/2012
Battery    hidpp__0: charge: N/A condition: NA/NA Wh volts: NA
           model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 serial: <filter>status: Discharging
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i5-3570K (-MCP-) arch: Ivy Bridge rev.9 cache: 6144 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 27201
           clock speeds: min/max: 1600/3800 MHz 1: 1600 MHz 2: 1631 MHz 3: 1603 MHz 4: 1618 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0162
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 ) drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
           version: 4.2 Mesa 20.0.8 (compat-v: 3.0) Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-128-generic
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
           IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 5001.0GB (4.0% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_860 size: 1000.2GB serial: <filter>
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD40EFAX size: 4000.8GB serial: <filter>
Partition: ID-1: / size: 112G used: 32G (30%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: /home size: 508G used: 155G (32%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
RAID:      System: supported: N/A
           No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
           Unused Devices: none
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 30.5C mobo: 29.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A fan-1: 0 fan-2: 1355 fan-3: 888 fan-4: 585 fan-5: 0
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com tara main upstream import backport
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
           deb https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Info:      Processes: 183 Uptime: 9 min Memory: 1121.4/14992.1MB
           Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 default: 2 Gcc sys: 7.5.0 alt: 5
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.201 running in mate-terminal) inxi: 2.3.56
mate18@mate18-desktop ~ $ 

The programs I use is the programs that comes with :
Utgåva Linux Mint 19 Tara 64-bitar
Kärna Linux 4.15.0-128-generic x86_64
MATE 1.20.1

[Vilsen]

[Vilsen]

No answer ?

When pressing CTRL-P in for example Firefox I get
this dialoguebox with the possibility to print either to
my physical printer OR PDF .

But as default the pdf-file will be saved in . /home and I do not
want that to happen so why can't I change "somewhere" in some
settingsfile or something to my /desktop instead ?

[decrepit]

Not the answer you're looking for I expect. But I managed to get a firefox page saved to the desktop as a PDF.

Copied and pasted the text into Xournal and then exported to PDF, you can then save it where you like.

[GS3]

Pretty much the same issue as How to change default save location in XED text editor.

[senjoz]

Pretty much the same issue as How to change default save location in XED text editor.

And pretty much the same issue as viewtopic.php?t=338846.

Regards, Jože

[GS3]

And pretty much the same issue as viewtopic.php?t=338846.

Good catch!

[AZgl1800]

this was in 18.3 Cinnamon when it was fixed for me

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mkdir -p ~/.local/bin

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echo -e '#!/bin/sh\ncd $HOME/Desktop/\n/usr/bin/xed $@' > ~/.local/bin/xed

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chmod u+x ~/.local/bin/xed

no matter how you launch XED, it will always save to /desktop

for PDFs ??
I just know that they are going to be in /home and don't worry about it