From Cal Turney via bug 4849:

Save the folder path of the last capture selected in the Open dialog in recent.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=33322

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/gtk/main.c b/gtk/main.c
index c40f62731b..f6da2aee98 100644
--- a/gtk/main.c
+++ b/gtk/main.c
@@ -2241,7 +2241,18 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   /* Init the "Open file" dialog directory */
   /* (do this after the path settings are processed) */
-  set_last_open_dir(get_persdatafile_dir());
+  
+  /* Read the profile dependent (static part) of the recent file. */
+  /* Only the static part of it will be read, as we don't have the gui now to fill the */
+  /* recent lists which is done in the dynamic part. */
+  /* We have to do this already here, so command line parameters can overwrite these values. */
+  recent_read_profile_static(&rf_path, &rf_open_errno);
+  if (rf_path != NULL && rf_open_errno != 0) {
+    simple_dialog(ESD_TYPE_WARN, ESD_BTN_OK,
+		  "Could not open recent file\n\"%s\": %s.",
+		  rf_path, strerror(rf_open_errno));
+  }
+  set_last_open_dir(recent.gui_fileopen_remembered_dir);
 
   /* Set getopt index back to initial value, so it will start with the
      first command line parameter again.  Also reset opterr to 1, so that
@@ -2407,21 +2418,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif /* !_WIN32 && G_THREADS_ENABLED && USE_THREADS */
 
   splash_update(RA_CONFIGURATION, NULL, (gpointer)splash_win);
-
-
-  /* Read the profile dependent (static part) of the recent file. */
-  /* Only the static part of it will be read, as we don't have the gui now to fill the */
-  /* recent lists which is done in the dynamic part. */
-  /* We have to do this already here, so command line parameters can overwrite these values. */
-  recent_read_profile_static(&rf_path, &rf_open_errno);
-  if (rf_path != NULL && rf_open_errno != 0) {
-    simple_dialog(ESD_TYPE_WARN, ESD_BTN_OK,
-		  "Could not open recent file\n\"%s\": %s.",
-		  rf_path, strerror(rf_open_errno));
-  }
-
   proto_help_init();
-
   cap_file_init(&cfile);
 
   /* Fill in capture options with values from the preferences */
diff --git a/gtk/recent.c b/gtk/recent.c
index 54509e3ef4..ada8e273ca 100644
--- a/gtk/recent.c
+++ b/gtk/recent.c
@@ -722,6 +722,8 @@ read_set_recent_pair_static(gchar *key, gchar *value, void *private_data _U_)
       recent.col_width_list = g_list_append(recent.col_width_list, cfmt);
     }
     prefs_clear_string_list(col_l);
+  } else if (strcmp(key, RECENT_GUI_FILEOPEN_REMEMBERED_DIR) == 0) { 
+      recent.gui_fileopen_remembered_dir = g_strdup(value);
   }
 
   return PREFS_SET_OK;
diff --git a/gtk/recent.h b/gtk/recent.h
index c7b58c14f2..788a6ac8da 100644
--- a/gtk/recent.h
+++ b/gtk/recent.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ typedef struct recent_settings_tag {
     gboolean    privs_warn_if_elevated;
     gboolean    privs_warn_if_no_npf;
     GList      *col_width_list;                     /* column widths */
+    gchar      *gui_fileopen_remembered_dir;        /* folder of last capture loaded in File Open dialog */ 
 } recent_settings_t;
 
 /** Global recent settings. */