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For downloaded PDF files opened in Atril, the 'Save as' file chooser dialogue defaults to the /home/Documents directory, which is not what I want to use 100% of the time. Ideally I would like to be able to specify the default directory (/home/Downloads in my case), but would also be happy if the last used directory was the default.

The same problem has been described in Can evince be configured to suggest last used folder when using "save as" from a downloaded document?, but for Ubuntu 20.04 there still does not seem to be a resolution. Can anybody suggest a workaround?

Also, the solution offered in answer to Can evince be configured to suggest last used folder when using "save as" from a downloaded document? no longer works with Ubuntu 20.04 (the PPA linked to in the answer has not been recently updated). Also, I would rather keep using Atril without having to install / switching to Xreader.

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It seems that the only solution to this problem is a modified source and recompiled application. I have created a version with an additional command line parameter (--documents-dir) that enables the user to specify the default save as directory. For details, see this post.

I have also created binary packages for 20.04, which are available from my PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:laczik/ppa
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt upgrade atril
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