From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: bug#35424: Gnome terminal doesn't keep current working directory in new tab/window Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:09:13 +0200 Message-ID: <87lfwpdgyu.fsf@elephly.net> References: <877ebitzzk.fsf@sturm.com.au> <87v9vuo3lg.fsf@sturm.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54202) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpdhD-0002e2-Ia for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:10:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hpdhC-0008Qz-Ni for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:10:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:53063) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hpdhC-0008Qv-K5 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:10:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpdhC-0007k8-CR for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:10:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-reply-to: <87v9vuo3lg.fsf@sturm.com.au> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Ben Sturmfels Cc: 35424@debbugs.gnu.org Hi Ben, >> Just minor thing, but on other systems I use, when you open subsequent >> Gnome Terminal tabs, the current working directory is maintained in the >> new tab. On my Guix System, new tabs start up back at /home/ben. > > I've found that sourcing vte.sh fixes the issue, and the working > directory is retained: > > `source /gnu/store/...-vte-0.52.2/etc/profile.d/vte.sh` Interesting. Is this file installed to /etc/profile.d/vte.sh on other systems? Or is it otherwise sourced? -- Ricardo