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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 271824] Dolphin runs scripts in a wrong working directory
From:       Georg <bethovenathome () gmx ! de>
Date:       2011-05-31 7:20:16
Message-ID: 20110531072016.F1D5087BA3 () immanuel ! kde ! org
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--- Comment #4 from Georg <bethovenathome gmx de>  2011-05-31 09:20:15 ---
Hi Folks,

the idea that the WM determines where the current directory is, is simply mad.
The current directory and the Documents directory have nothing in common and it
should not be mixed up, this is Unix and not M$. To determine the document save
path is part of the application logic and cannot be worked around with the PWD.

Since this seems to be broken in KDE4 in general, I would at least vote for
fixing this when applications are started from konqueror or dolphin, if
possible.
A distinction by file type would be another source of bugs. Why does KDE not
set an environment variable, say $DOCUMENTPATH, and if it is not set then the
application uses $HOME. All applications can be started with the correct PWD
and fine. 
Would this not be resolveable in the core FileOpen Dialogs and the like?

Why do we care so much? You cannot graphically call any script's, since they
don't know where they are started. (even setting the path=. in the desktop file
does not work).

Regards,
  Georg

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