From fdcd8dda0935403185ba307304028d3a682297a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Howard
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:14:04 +0000
Subject: Change directory to home directory before launching the game, so that
 recorded demos go somewhere sensible.

Subversion-branch: /trunk/chocolate-doom
Subversion-revision: 1835
---
 NEWS              |  3 ++-
 pkg/osx/Execute.m | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ba7c81b1..ac12bded 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
        no longer necessary to compile binaries for this system by
        hand.  The package includes a simple graphical launcher
        program and can be installed simply by dragging the "Chocolate
-       Doom" icon to the Applications folder.
+       Doom" icon to the Applications folder. (thanks to Rikard Lang
+       for extensive testing and feedback)
      * The video mode auto-adjust code will automatically choose
        windowed mode if no fullscreen video modes are available.
      * The zone memory size is automatically reduced on systems with
diff --git a/pkg/osx/Execute.m b/pkg/osx/Execute.m
index bb4eed45..608443e2 100644
--- a/pkg/osx/Execute.m
+++ b/pkg/osx/Execute.m
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static void DoExec(const char *executable, const char *iwad, const char *args)
 void ExecuteProgram(const char *executable, const char *iwad, const char *args)
 {
     pid_t childpid;
+    char *homedir;
 
     childpid = fork();
 
@@ -107,6 +108,16 @@ void ExecuteProgram(const char *executable, const char *iwad, const char *args)
     {
         signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
 
+        // Change directory to home dir before launch, so that any demos
+        // are saved somewhere sensible.
+
+        homedir = getenv("HOME");
+
+        if (homedir != NULL)
+        {
+            chdir(homedir);
+        }
+
         DoExec(executable, iwad, args);
     }
     else
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