macOS drops us into "/" when opening the app bundle without a file. use $HOME instead.

tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-project(lammps-gui VERSION 1.5.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(lammps-gui VERSION 1.5.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)

tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp

@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ LammpsGui::LammpsGui(QWidget *parent, const char *filename) :
     capturer    = new StdCapture;
     current_file.clear();
     current_dir = QDir(".").absolutePath();
+    // use $HOME if we get dropped to "/" like on macOS
+    if (current_dir == "/") current_dir = QDir::homePath();
 
     QCoreApplication::setOrganizationName("The LAMMPS Developers");
     QCoreApplication::setOrganizationDomain("lammps.org");