Merge lp:~osomon/unity-2d/dash-set-cwd-home into lp:unity-2d/3.0

[Olivier Tilloy]

[dash] Set the current working directory to $HOME so that applications started from the dash inherit a sane environment.

[Bill Filler (bfiller)]

review: Approve

=== modified file 'places/app/places.cpp'
--- places/app/places.cpp	2011-03-16 16:51:20 +0000
+++ places/app/places.cpp	2011-04-13 13:49:22 +0000
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <QDBusConnectionInterface>
 #include <QDeclarativeContext>
 #include <QAbstractEventDispatcher>
+#include <QDir>
 
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 
@@ -87,6 +88,13 @@
     view.rootContext()->setContextProperty("engineBaseUrl", view.engine()->baseUrl().toLocalFile());
     view.setSource(QUrl("./dash.qml"));
 
+    /* When spawned via DBus activation, the current working directory is
+       inherited from the DBus daemon, and it usually is not the user’s home
+       directory. Applications launched from the dash in turn inherit their
+       current working directory from the dash, and they expect a sane default
+       (see e.g. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684471). */
+    QDir::setCurrent(QDir::homePath());
+
     application.setProperty("view", QVariant::fromValue(&view));
     return application.exec();
 }