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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Bug#11993: Applications started in kde2 have PWD = users home directory.
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-09-29 19:11:53
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> Richard James wrote:
> > Package: kde
> > Version: 2.0
> >
> > When I invoke an application from kde it always starts in the user's home
> > directory instead of the directory from which the X session and kde were
> > initiated as in kde 1.x.  This applies to kde utilities and to Debian
> > applications initiated from the start menu or the icon bar.
> >
> > Running Debian 2.2 (potato) with standard libraries and kde 2.0 Debian
> > packages from www.debian.org/Package/unstable/
>
> How do you invoke an application? From the panel? From Alt-F2?

kdeinit sets PWD = home directory. Seems like a good default to me, any 
reason in particular why you wouldn't want this?

Cheers,
Waldo
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