btw I just discovered that with pane_start_path the new window opens on /
even if I'm just at the shell prompt
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Matteo Cavalleri <shivabra...@gmail.com>wrote:
> it doesn't work, the new shell still opens on /
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Nicholas Marriott <
> nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think there might be pane_start_path as well which would work for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Matteo Cavalleri <shivabra...@gmail.com>
>> Date: 27/02/2014 22:28 (GMT+00:00)
>> To: Nicholas Marriott <nicholas.marri...@gmail.com>
>> Cc: tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: Re: problem with new-window and current directory
>>
>>
>> well, from my point of view (and the way i usually work) that won't be a
>> problem at all, and in any case I think it would still better the be back
>> at "/the/dir/I/was/in/before/running/whatever" rather than being put on "/"
>> and then having to manually cd back to the correct dir
>>
>> anyway I understand other people might think different, but I suppose
>> that it could still be configurable, e.g.
>>
>> bind-key c new-window -c '#{pane_current_path} -> current behavior
>> bind-key c new-window -c '#{$PWD} -> suggested behavior
>>
>> or maybe fallback to $PWD if the process directory is empty (not sure if
>> Thomas Adam meant that when he talked about subshells)
>>
>>
>>
>> > But what if the process changes the directory? We can tell the pwd where
>> > we start the command but not if it changes it.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:14:42PM +0100, Matteo Cavalleri wrote:
>> >> too bad :( just curious: why not e.g. evaluate $PWD when executing the
>> command? it seems to be expanded just when the config is loaded and then
>> the value is kept as is.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> The mechanism is not always reliable, not sure there is much we can
>> do about it.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> -------- Original message --------
>> >>> From: Matteo Cavalleri <shivabra...@gmail.com>
>> >>> Date: 27/02/2014 21:09 (GMT+00:00)
>> >>> To: tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>> >>> Subject: problem with new-window and current directory
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi, i?m using tmux 1.9a on osx and I have the following problem when
>> i create a new window.
>> >>>
>> >>> in my .tmux.config:
>> >>>
>> >>> bind-key c new-window -c '#{pane_current_path}?
>> >>>
>> >>> steps to reproduce the problem
>> >>>
>> >>> $ cd
>> >>> $ tmux
>> >>> $ cd /usr/local
>> >>>
>> >>> C-b c -> creates a new window in /usr/local
>> >>>
>> >>> $ exit # closes the new window and go back to the first one
>> >>> $ less /etc/hosts
>> >>>
>> >>> C-b c -> creates a new window in /usr/local
>> >>>
>> >>> $ exit
>> >>> $ cat /etc/hosts | less # the pipe is important here
>> >>>
>> >>>
>>
>
>
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