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

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Monday 04 July 2011 Jul, Cyrille Berger Skott wrote:
> 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.

It's a good idea and I'm sure it could work -- but on the other hand, the calligra apps now behave the same as other KDE apps (well, I checked with kate and kwrite), which is worth something as well.

I'm open to finetuning the behaviour in this way, though.

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Boudewijn Rempt
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