fix current working directory on Windows

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 042d811..18018ca 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ get_teco_ini(void)
 	return g_strdup(INI_FILE);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Windows sometimes sets the current working directory to very obscure
+ * paths when opening files in the Explorer, but we have to read the
+ * teco.ini from the directory where our binary resides.
+ */
+static inline void
+fix_cwd(const gchar *program)
+{
+	gchar *bin_dir = g_path_get_dirname(program);
+	g_chdir(bin_dir);
+	g_free(bin_dir);
+}
+
 #else
 
 static inline gchar *
@@ -87,6 +100,8 @@ get_teco_ini(void)
 	return g_build_filename(home, INI_FILE, NULL);
 }
 
+static inline void fix_cwd(const gchar *program __attribute__((unused))) {}
+
 #endif /* !G_OS_WIN32 */
 
 static inline void
@@ -135,6 +150,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	static GotoTable	cmdline_goto_table;
 	static QRegisterTable	local_qregs;
 
+	fix_cwd(argv[0]);
+
 	process_options(argc, argv);
 
 	interface.ssm(SCI_SETCARETSTYLE, CARETSTYLE_BLOCK);