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-rw-r--r--backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.cpp8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.cpp b/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.cpp
index 925d06486b..f32f30d8ba 100644
--- a/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.cpp
+++ b/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,13 @@ AbstractFilesystemNode *FilesystemNode::getNodeForPath(const String &path) {
POSIXFilesystemNode::POSIXFilesystemNode() {
#ifndef __DC__
- // FIXME: It is evil & slow to always call getcwd here
+ // FIXME: It is evil & slow to always call getcwd here.
+ // The intention behind this hack was/is to be more user friendly
+ // in our save/load dialogs: Instead of starting at the FS root,
+ // we start at the current directory. However, that's just a hack.
+ // Proper solution would be to extend FilesystemNode by the concept
+ // of 'current' or 'default' directory, and then modify the
+ // save/load dialogs to explicitly use that as starting point.
char buf[MAXPATHLEN];
getcwd(buf, MAXPATHLEN);