* src/frontends/qt4/LyXFileDialog.cpp:

- explicitely set ShowHidden for hidden UNIX directories
	  (workaround for Qt bug, bug 4513).

git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH_1_5_X@22916 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8

src/frontends/qt4/LyXFileDialog.cpp

@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ LyXFileDialog::LyXFileDialog(docstring const & t,
 		      toqstr(t), toqstr(p), toqstr(filters.as_string())),
 		      b1_(0), b2_(0)
 {
+	QString const path = toqstr(p);
+	QDir dir(path);
+	// FIXME: workaround for a bug in qt which makes LyX crash
+	// with hidden paths (bug 4513). Recheck with recent Qt versions.
+	if (path.contains("/."))
+		dir.setFilter(QDir::Hidden);
+	setDirectory(dir);
 	setWindowTitle(toqstr(t));
 
 	QList<QHBoxLayout *> layout = findChildren<QHBoxLayout *>();

status.15x

@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ What's new
 - Fix an assertion when inserting a box in a list while at least one
   paragraph of that list was selected (bug 4502).
 
+- Fix a crash when opening a file that resides in a hidden directory
+  (bug 4513).
+
 - Do not exit after catching an iconv exception (bug 4385, part 2).
 
 - Fix update/drawing of character style insets.