Do not use getHomePath() at all. Make outputDirectory a std::filesystem::path

source/VisionX/gui-plugins/ImageMonitor/ImageMonitorWidgetController.cpp

@@ -87,8 +87,17 @@ namespace visionx
         frameRate = -1.0f;
 
         // Qt Moc does not seem to accept outputDirectory being a std::filesystem::path().
-        const std::filesystem::path home = armarx::ArmarXDataPath::getHomePath();
-        outputDirectory = (home / "Pictures").string();
+        {
+            if (const char* home = std::getenv("HOME"))
+            {
+                // ToDo: Replace with XDG_PICTURES_DIR standards when available.
+                outputDirectory = std::filesystem::path(home) / "Pictures";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                outputDirectory = std::filesystem::absolute(".");
+            }
+        }
 
         imageBufferSize = 100;
         bufferFps = 5;

source/VisionX/gui-plugins/ImageMonitor/ImageMonitorWidgetController.h

@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@
 // STD/STL
 #include <mutex>
 #include <optional>
+// <filesystem> needs to be down here. Otherwise, for some reason,
+// the Qt AutoMoc will say: 'Parse error at "std"'
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <queue>
 #include <set>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+
 // Boost
 #include <boost/circular_buffer.hpp>
 
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ namespace visionx
 
         std::string providerName;
         int frameRate;
-        std::string outputDirectory;
+        std::filesystem::path outputDirectory;
         int imageBufferSize;
         float bufferFps;
         std::set<size_t> imagesToShow;