Fix for 570695 : show default|fallback autosave path

(bzr r11738)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
index fbaebfbec..57a3e34b6 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
@@ -1041,10 +1041,14 @@ void InkscapePreferences::initPageIO()
     // Autosave options
     _save_autosave_enable.init( _("Enable autosave (requires restart)"), "/options/autosave/enable", false);
     _page_autosave.add_line(false, "", _save_autosave_enable, "", _("Automatically save the current document(s) at a given interval, thus minimizing loss in case of a crash"), false);
+    _save_autosave_path.init("/options/autosave/path", true);
+    if (prefs->getString("/options/autosave/path").empty()) {
+        // Show the default fallback "tmp dir" if autosave path is not set.
+        _save_autosave_path.set_text(Glib::get_tmp_dir());
+    }
+    _page_autosave.add_line(false, C_("Filesystem", "Autosave _directory:"), _save_autosave_path, "", _("The directory where autosaves will be written"), false);
     _save_autosave_interval.init("/options/autosave/interval", 1.0, 10800.0, 1.0, 10.0, 10.0, true, false);
     _page_autosave.add_line(false, _("_Interval (in minutes):"), _save_autosave_interval, "", _("Interval (in minutes) at which document will be autosaved"), false);
-    _save_autosave_path.init("/options/autosave/path", true);
-    _page_autosave.add_line(false, C_("Filesystem", "_Path:"), _save_autosave_path, "", _("The directory where autosaves will be written"), false);
     _save_autosave_max.init("/options/autosave/max", 1.0, 100.0, 1.0, 10.0, 10.0, true, false);
     _page_autosave.add_line(false, _("_Maximum number of autosaves:"), _save_autosave_max, "", _("Maximum number of autosaved files; use this to limit the storage space used"), false);