Adonay Felipe Nogueira <adfeno@openmailbox.org> skribis:

> Abiword exits whenever one needs to use a file chooser to open or save
> files to be used or saved by AbiWord.
>
> # Steps to reproduce
>
> 1. Run AbiWord (with no other instances open, just to make sure).
>
> 2. Go to: File → Open
>   * Or to: File → Save as
>   * Or to: File → Export

I suspect the patch below addresses this problem: