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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