[calligra] libs/main: Show the current working directory by default when starting without args

[Cyrille Berger Skott]

On Monday 04 July 2011, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> On Monday 04 July 2011 Jul, Marijn Kruisselbrink wrote:
> > Why would you want the "current" working directory to be shown when you
> > start an app from the kde menu and/or krunner or any of many other
> > places where you invoke the application without having a clear concept
> > of working directory?
> > 
> > This might be a nice feature for people that start stuff from the command
> > line often,
> 
> Yes, it is a very nice feature, and requested in a three-year old bug.
> 
> > but it seems like it would break for the much more common use-case of
> > end-users starting apps from user interfaces...
> 
> I don't see what it breaks exactly -- the old situation where you'd show
> the directory from which you last opened a file is confusing, and since
> the last opened file is in the recent files list it's kind of superfluous.
> 
> I guess we could make it an option -- either the current working directory
> as it is now, or the Documents directory, if the application isn't opened
> with a file. The old situation was just nuts, in my opinion.
we could also have a command line option that say "don't change the working 
directory" (ie --no-current-directory-change). And then edit application 
".desktop" so that they use the command line option (ie krita --no-current-
directory-change), this way, when starting from the command line (assuming the 
user don't use the option...) he will get a change of the current directory, 
while when starting from kmenu/krunner it would not change the working 
directory.

-- 
Cyrille Berger Skott