diff --git a/plugins/grepview/grepdialog.cpp b/plugins/grepview/grepdialog.cpp
index 163926ec95..7bbd3a477a 100644
--- a/plugins/grepview/grepdialog.cpp
+++ b/plugins/grepview/grepdialog.cpp
@@ -1,349 +1,349 @@
 /***************************************************************************
 *   Copyright 1999-2001 Bernd Gehrmann and the KDevelop Team              *
 *   bernd@kdevelop.org                                                    *
 *   Copyright 2007 Dukju Ahn <dukjuahn@gmail.com>                         *
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "grepdialog.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QBoxLayout>
 #include <QStringList>
 
 #include <kfiledialog.h>
 #include <kpushbutton.h>
 #include <kglobal.h>
 #include <kiconloader.h>
 #include <klocale.h>
 #include <kconfig.h>
 #include <kmessagebox.h>
 #include <kdebug.h>
 #include <kcombobox.h>
 #include <kurlcompletion.h>
 #include <kurlrequester.h>
 
 #include <interfaces/icore.h>
 #include <interfaces/idocument.h>
 #include <interfaces/idocumentcontroller.h>
 #include <interfaces/iruncontroller.h>
 #include <interfaces/iproject.h>
 #include <interfaces/iprojectcontroller.h>
 
 #include <kstandarddirs.h>
 
 #include "grepviewplugin.h"
 #include "grepjob.h"
 #include "grepoutputview.h"
 
 using namespace KDevelop;
 
 namespace {
 
 static int const MAX_LAST_SEARCH_ITEMS_COUNT = 15;
 
 const QStringList template_desc = QStringList()
     << "verbatim"
     << "word"
     << "assignment"
     << "->MEMBER("
     << "class::MEMBER("
     << "OBJECT->member(";
 
 const QStringList template_str = QStringList()
     << "%s"
     << "\\b%s\\b"
     << "\\b%s\\b\\s*=[^=]"
     << "\\->\\s*\\b%s\\b\\s*\\("
     << "([a-z0-9_$]+)\\s*::\\s*\\b%s\\b\\s*\\("
     << "\\b%s\\b\\s*\\->\\s*([a-z0-9_$]+)\\s*\\(";
 
 const QStringList repl_template = QStringList()
     << "%s"
     << "%s"
     << "%s = "
     << "->%s("
     << "\\1::%s("
     << "%s->\\1(";
 
 const QStringList filepatterns = QStringList()
     << "*.h,*.hxx,*.hpp,*.hh,*.h++,*.H,*.tlh,*.cpp,*.cc,*.C,*.c++,*.cxx,*.ocl,*.inl,*.idl,*.c,*.m,*.mm,*.M"
     << "*.cpp,*.cc,*.C,*.c++,*.cxx,*.ocl,*.inl,*.c,*.m,*.mm,*.M"
     << "*.h,*.hxx,*.hpp,*.hh,*.h++,*.H,*.tlh,*.idl"
     << "*.adb"
     << "*.cs"
     << "*.f"
     << "*.html,*.htm"
     << "*.hs"
     << "*.java"
     << "*.js"
     << "*.php,*.php3,*.php4"
     << "*.pl"
     << "*.pp,*.pas"
     << "*.py"
     << "*.js,*.css,*.yml,*.rb,*.rhtml,*.html.erb,*.rjs,*.js.rjs,*.rxml,*.xml.builder"
     << "CMakeLists.txt,*.cmake"
     << "*";
 
 const QStringList excludepatterns = QStringList()
     << "/CVS/,/SCCS/,/.svn/,/_darcs/,/build/,/.git/"
     << "";
 
 }
 
 const KDialog::ButtonCode GrepDialog::SearchButton  = KDialog::User1;
 const KDialog::ButtonCode GrepDialog::ReplaceButton = KDialog::User2;
 
 GrepDialog::GrepDialog( GrepViewPlugin * plugin, QWidget *parent )
     : KDialog(parent), Ui::GrepWidget(), m_plugin( plugin )
 {
     setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
 
     setButtons( SearchButton | ReplaceButton | KDialog::Cancel );
     setButtonText( SearchButton, i18n("Search") );
     setButtonText( ReplaceButton, i18n("Replace") );
     setCaption( i18n("Find In Files") );
     setDefaultButton( SearchButton );
 
     setupUi(mainWidget());
 
     KConfigGroup cg = KGlobal::config()->group( "GrepDialog" );
 
     patternCombo->addItem( "" );
     patternCombo->addItems( cg.readEntry("LastSearchItems", QStringList()) );
     patternCombo->setInsertPolicy(QComboBox::InsertAtTop);
     
     templateTypeCombo->addItems(template_desc);
     templateTypeCombo->setCurrentIndex( cg.readEntry("LastUsedTemplateIndex", 0) );
     templateEdit->setText( cg.readEntry("LastUsedTemplateString", template_str[0]) );
     replacementTemplateEdit->setText( cg.readEntry("LastUsedReplacementTemplateString", repl_template[0]) );
     
     replacementCombo->addItem( "" );
     replacementCombo->addItems( cg.readEntry("LastReplacementItems", QStringList()) );
     replacementCombo->setInsertPolicy(QComboBox::InsertAtTop);
     
     regexCheck->setChecked(cg.readEntry("regexp", false ));
 
     caseSensitiveCheck->setChecked(cg.readEntry("case_sens", true));
 
     setDirectory( QDir::homePath() );
     directoryRequester->setMode( KFile::Directory | KFile::ExistingOnly | KFile::LocalOnly );
 
     syncButton->setIcon(KIcon("dirsync"));
 
     recursiveCheck->setChecked(cg.readEntry("recursive", true));
     limitToProjectCheck->setChecked(cg.readEntry("search_project_files", true));
 
     filesCombo->addItems(cg.readEntry("file_patterns", filepatterns));
     excludeCombo->addItems(cg.readEntry("exclude_patterns", excludepatterns) );
 
     connect(this, SIGNAL(buttonClicked(KDialog::ButtonCode)), this, SLOT(performAction(KDialog::ButtonCode)));
     connect(syncButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(syncButtonClicked()));
     connect(templateTypeCombo, SIGNAL(activated(int)),
             this, SLOT(templateTypeComboActivated(int)));
     connect(patternCombo, SIGNAL(editTextChanged(const QString&)),
             this, SLOT(patternComboEditTextChanged( const QString& )));
     patternComboEditTextChanged( patternCombo->currentText() );
     patternCombo->setFocus();
     
     connect(directoryRequester, SIGNAL(textChanged(const QString&)), this, SLOT(directoryChanged(const QString&)));
 }
 
 void GrepDialog::directoryChanged(const QString& dir)
 {
     setEnableProjectBox(false);
     KUrl currentUrl = dir;
     if( !currentUrl.isValid() )
         return;
     IProject *proj = ICore::self()->projectController()->findProjectForUrl( currentUrl );
     if( proj && proj->folder().isLocalFile() )
     {
         setEnableProjectBox(! proj->files().isEmpty() );
     }
 }
 
 
 // Returns the contents of a QComboBox as a QStringList
 static QStringList qCombo2StringList( QComboBox* combo )
 {
     QStringList list;
     if (!combo) {
         return list;
     }
     int skippedItem = -1;
     if (!combo->currentText().isEmpty()) {
         list << combo->currentText();
     }
     if (combo->currentIndex() != -1 && !combo->itemText(combo->currentIndex()).isEmpty()) {
         skippedItem = combo->currentIndex();
     }
     for (int i = 0; i < std::min(MAX_LAST_SEARCH_ITEMS_COUNT, combo->count()); ++i) {
         if (i != skippedItem && !combo->itemText(i).isEmpty()) {
             list << combo->itemText(i);
         }
     }
     return list;
 }
 
 GrepDialog::~GrepDialog()
 {
     KConfigGroup cg = KGlobal::config()->group( "GrepDialog" );
     // memorize the last patterns and paths
     cg.writeEntry("LastSearchItems", qCombo2StringList(patternCombo));
     cg.writeEntry("LastReplacementItems", qCombo2StringList(replacementCombo));
     cg.writeEntry("regexp", regexCheck->isChecked());
     cg.writeEntry("recursive", recursiveCheck->isChecked());
     cg.writeEntry("search_project_files", limitToProjectCheck->isChecked());
     cg.writeEntry("case_sens", caseSensitiveCheck->isChecked());
     cg.writeEntry("exclude_patterns", qCombo2StringList(excludeCombo));
     cg.writeEntry("file_patterns", qCombo2StringList(filesCombo));
     cg.writeEntry("LastUsedTemplateIndex", templateTypeCombo->currentIndex());
     cg.writeEntry("LastUsedTemplateString", templateEdit->text());
     cg.writeEntry("LastUsedReplacementTemplateString", replacementTemplateEdit->text());
     cg.sync();
 }
 
 void GrepDialog::templateTypeComboActivated(int index)
 {
     templateEdit->setText(template_str[index]);
     replacementTemplateEdit->setText(repl_template[index]);
 }
 
 void GrepDialog::syncButtonClicked( )
 {
     IDocument *doc = m_plugin->core()->documentController()->activeDocument();
     kDebug(9001) << doc;
     if ( doc )
     {
         KUrl url = doc->url();
         if ( url.isLocalFile() )
         {
             setDirectory( url.upUrl().toLocalFile() );
         }
     }
 }
 
 void GrepDialog::setEnableProjectBox(bool enable)
 {
     limitToProjectCheck->setEnabled(enable);
     if (!enable) limitToProjectCheck->setChecked(false);
 }
 
 void GrepDialog::setPattern(const QString &pattern)
 {
     patternCombo->setEditText(pattern);
 }
 
 void GrepDialog::setDirectory(const QString &dir)
 {
     directoryRequester->lineEdit()->setText(dir);
     directoryRequester->fileDialog()->setUrl( KUrl( dir ) );
     directoryRequester->completionObject()->setDir( dir );
 }
 
 QString GrepDialog::patternString() const
 {
     return patternCombo->currentText();
 }
 
 QString GrepDialog::templateString() const
 {
-    return templateEdit->text();
+    return templateEdit->text().isEmpty() ? "%s" : templateEdit->text();
 }
 
 QString GrepDialog::replacementTemplateString() const
 {
     return replacementTemplateEdit->text();
 }
 
 QString GrepDialog::replacementString() const
 {
     return replacementCombo->currentText();
 }
 
 QString GrepDialog::filesString() const
 {
     return filesCombo->currentText();
 }
 
 QString GrepDialog::excludeString() const
 {
     return excludeCombo->currentText();
 }
 
 KUrl GrepDialog::directory() const
 {
     return directoryRequester->url();
 }
 
 bool GrepDialog::useProjectFilesFlag() const
 {
     return limitToProjectCheck->isChecked();
 }
 
 bool GrepDialog::regexpFlag() const
 {
     return regexCheck->isChecked();
 }
 
 bool GrepDialog::recursiveFlag() const
 {
     return recursiveCheck->isChecked();
 }
 
 bool GrepDialog::caseSensitiveFlag() const
 {
     return caseSensitiveCheck->isChecked();
 }
 
 void GrepDialog::patternComboEditTextChanged( const QString& text)
 {
     enableButton( SearchButton,  !text.isEmpty() );
     enableButton( ReplaceButton, !text.isEmpty() );
 }
 
 void GrepDialog::performAction(KDialog::ButtonCode button)
 {
     // a click on cancel trigger this signal too
     if( button != SearchButton && button != ReplaceButton ) return;
     
     GrepJob* job = new GrepJob();
     
     GrepOutputViewFactory *m_factory = new GrepOutputViewFactory();
     GrepOutputView *toolView = (GrepOutputView*)ICore::self()->uiController()->
                                findToolView(i18n("Replace in files"), m_factory, IUiController::CreateAndRaise);
 
     job->setOutputModel(toolView->model());
     job->setPatternString(patternString());
     job->setReplacementTemplateString(replacementTemplateString());
     job->setTemplateString(templateString());
     job->setReplaceString(replacementString());
     job->setFilesString(filesString());
     job->setExcludeString(excludeString());
     job->setDirectory(directory());
 
     job->setProjectFilesFlag( useProjectFilesFlag() );
     job->setRegexpFlag( regexpFlag() );
     job->setRecursive( recursiveFlag() );
     job->setCaseSensitive( caseSensitiveFlag() );
     job->setReplaceFlag( button == ReplaceButton );
 
     kDebug() << "registering job";
     ICore::self()->runController()->registerJob(job);
     
     m_plugin->rememberSearchDirectory(directory().toLocalFile(KUrl::AddTrailingSlash));
     
     close();
 }
 
 #include "grepdialog.moc"