following aliases (symbolic links)

[suzerain]

Hi there.

I hope this makes sense.  I am a web developer who works on many web sites at once.  I base all my sites on a common codebase.  So, on my local machine, I have several domains replicated, each with its own root directory in /Library/WebServer/Documents

Inside each one, there is a 'shared' folder, which is really a symbolic link to another directory on the filesystem, so that I can update the core classes in one place and have them updated across all sites.

The thing is, when I follow the link in Yummy FTP, like when I need to update one of those files on the remote server, Yummy FTP doesn't keep that in the path it was in; rather, it updates its pulldown menu at the top to reflect the actual path,

Transmit maintains the 'relative' location, which I think makes more sense for an FTP program, because we need to upload files en masse relative to a root directory on the source machine.

Does this make sense to anyone?

My desired behavior would be that Yummy FTP maintained the 'fake' path in its pulldown menu (and also for AutoRoute functionality), rather than resetting itself to the master directory if the link is double-clicked.

Great program, btw...I'm enjoying using it.  I think you''ve made me jump ship from Transmit.

[JD]

Hi suzerain.

I do understand your setup - it makes a lot of sense to re-use the base objects of the web sites.

I'll have to think about this one. I have avoided any fake data generation for the sake of reliability and accuracy, but I understand how this needs to work, so I could implement a preference setting to allow this.

If you have any doubts about jumping ship, let me know and I'll send you the latest beta build of the upcoming new version I am preparing - I hope it will convince you

[suzerain]

I wanted to point something else out about this, by the way.  You said you wanted to avoid "fake data generation", but it is not only Transmit that behaves in this manner...the Finder behaves in this way as well when you follow symbolic links created at the command line.  It keeps oyu in the path you are in, regardless of where in your folder structure the symbolic link is pointing to.

If the Finder does it, it seems to me it's not going to annoy people.   

[JD]

Point taken

I'll review the behavior in Yummy FTP.