FileManager: Show home directory by default, or command line argument

FileManager used to open up with the root directory loaded by default.
Now it will try to load either 1) the first argument specified on the
command line, 2) the user's home directory, or 3) the root directory.

Fixes #389

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp b/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp
index 8849e6a140..6761505535 100644
--- a/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp
+++ b/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,23 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         progressbar->set_visible(true);
     };
 
-    directory_view->open("/");
+    // our initial location is defined as, in order of precedence:
+    // 1. the first command-line argument (e.g. FileManager /bin)
+    // 2. the user's home directory
+    // 3. the root directory
+
+    String initial_location;
+
+    if (argc >= 2)
+        initial_location = argv[1];
+
+    if (initial_location.is_empty())
+        initial_location = get_current_user_home_path();
+
+    if (initial_location.is_empty())
+        initial_location = "/";
+
+    directory_view->open(initial_location);
     directory_view->set_focus(true);
 
     window->set_main_widget(widget);