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Gnome terminal doesn't keep current working directory in new tab

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From: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Gnome terminal doesn't keep current working directory in new tab
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:28:47 +1000

Hi Folks,

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.

Very low priority of course.

Regards,
Ben

Message #8 received at 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au>
To: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au>
Cc: 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35424: Gnome terminal doesn't keep current working directory
 in new tab/window
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 18:50:19 +1000

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On Thu, 25 Apr 2019, Ben Sturmfels wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> 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`

I've tested in a `guix system vm` to make sure it wasn't related to
my .bashrc and it's not. It's exactly the same aside from that the Gnome
details open a new terminal window, not a tab.

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Message #11 received at 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au>
Cc: 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35424: Gnome terminal doesn't keep current working directory
 in new tab/window
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:09:13 +0200

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

Message #14 received at 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au>, 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35424: Gnome terminal doesn't keep current working directory
 in new tab/window
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:35:14 +0300

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On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 09:09:13PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 

I can only speak for my own system. I don't have gnome-terminal
installed, but I do have tilda which uses vte. My
~/.guix-profile/etc/profile.d/ only has bash_completion.sh.

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Message #17 received at 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au>
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>,
 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35424: Gnome terminal doesn't keep current working directory
 in new tab/window
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:40:54 +1000

On 23/07/19 16:35, Efraim Flashner wrote:

>> Interesting.  Is this file installed to /etc/profile.d/vte.sh on other
>> systems?  Or is it otherwise sourced?
>>
> 
> I can only speak for my own system. I don't have gnome-terminal
> installed, but I do have tilda which uses vte. My
> ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile.d/ only has bash_completion.sh.

I wonder if it's just a matter of moving vte to the propagated-inputs of
gnome-terminal (and other packages like tilda)? I'll try now and report
back.

Regards,
Ben

Message #20 received at 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au>
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>,
 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35424: Gnome terminal doesn't keep current working directory
 in new tab/window
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:54:48 +1000

On 23/07/19 16:40, Ben Sturmfels wrote:

>>> Interesting.  Is this file installed to /etc/profile.d/vte.sh on other
>>> systems?  Or is it otherwise sourced?
>>>
>>
>> I can only speak for my own system. I don't have gnome-terminal
>> installed, but I do have tilda which uses vte. My
>> ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile.d/ only has bash_completion.sh.
> 
> I wonder if it's just a matter of moving vte to the propagated-inputs of
> gnome-terminal (and other packages like tilda)? I'll try now and report
> back.

Ok, moving vte to propagated-inputs for gnome-terminal makes
~/.guix-profile/etc/profile.d/vte.sh show up if installed with `guix
package` and /etc/profile.d/vte.sh show up if installed with `guix system`.

Neither ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile or /etc/profile source their
respective profile.d files though like Trisquel does. Can someone give
me a lead on how these profiles are generated?

Regards,
Ben

Message #23 received at 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au>
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>,
 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 35424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35424: Gnome terminal doesn't keep current working directory
 in new tab/window
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 18:26:31 +1000

On 23/07/19 16:54, Ben Sturmfels wrote:
> On 23/07/19 16:40, Ben Sturmfels wrote:
> 
>>>> Interesting.  Is this file installed to /etc/profile.d/vte.sh on other
>>>> systems?  Or is it otherwise sourced?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can only speak for my own system. I don't have gnome-terminal
>>> installed, but I do have tilda which uses vte. My
>>> ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile.d/ only has bash_completion.sh.
>>
>> I wonder if it's just a matter of moving vte to the propagated-inputs of
>> gnome-terminal (and other packages like tilda)? I'll try now and report
>> back.
> 
> Ok, moving vte to propagated-inputs for gnome-terminal makes
> ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile.d/vte.sh show up if installed with `guix
> package` and /etc/profile.d/vte.sh show up if installed with `guix system`.

Whoops, I got that mixed up - `guix system` does NOT create
/etc/profile.d/vte.sh after the move to propagated-inputs.

Message #30 received at 35424-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au>
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 72172-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>, 35424-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72172: Text is missing from main title bar and tabs in
 Gnome Console
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 22:18:00 +0900

Hi,

This should be fixed with commit 78d4b1e52c, at least if you use the
%desktop-services.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

Message #43 received at 35424-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 72172-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>, 35424-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72172: Text is missing from main title bar and tabs in Gnome
 Console
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 23:53:19 +0000

On 26/5/25 13:18, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:

> This should be fixed with commit 78d4b1e52c, at least if you use the
> %desktop-services.

Thanks so much Maxim - works great!

Message #46 received at 35424-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au>
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 72172-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>, 35424-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72172: Text is missing from main title bar and tabs in
 Gnome Console
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 21:39:37 +0900

Hi!

Ben Sturmfels <ben <at> stumbles.id.au> writes:

> On 26/5/25 13:18, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
>
>> This should be fixed with commit 78d4b1e52c, at least if you use the
>> %desktop-services.
>
> Thanks so much Maxim - works great!

Yay!  One paper cut at a time ;-)

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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