From 1ba7bebce6863d5b5f70f64eea0325fafd6e557a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Evans <jon@craftyjon.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 20:12:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Handle lack of a Documents directory

---
 libs/kiplatform/gtk/environment.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libs/kiplatform/gtk/environment.cpp b/libs/kiplatform/gtk/environment.cpp
index cdb204c811..df9c9fdc77 100644
--- a/libs/kiplatform/gtk/environment.cpp
+++ b/libs/kiplatform/gtk/environment.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ wxString KIPLATFORM::ENV::GetDocumentsPath()
         fallback.AppendDir( "Documents" );
         fallback.MakeAbsolute();
 
+        // No Documents dir and nothing from XDG?  Give up and use $HOME
+        if( !fallback.DirExists() || !fallback.IsDirWritable() )
+            fallback.RemoveLastDir();
+
         docsPath = fallback.GetFullPath();
     }