Directory per pane

[Michal Hantl]

Hi, I am running a window where four panes, each with different directory.

I do something like this:

windows:
  - name: Server
    focus: true
    root: ~/dev
    layout: tiled
    panes:
      - cd app1 && be rails s
      - cd app2 && be rails s -p 3001
      - cd app1 && be sidekiq
      - cd app2 && be sidekiq

What happens if I kill the server in app1 is when I press arrow up, it suggests cd app1 && be rails s which I cannot run.

I'd like to switch directory before running my server somehow, any ideas?

I could do cd ~/dev/app1 && be rails s which will allow re-running, but if there is more elegant solution I'd love to know.

[Rémi Prévost]

Hi Michal,

Unfortunately the cd ~/dev/app1 && be rails s solution is the only one that will work for the moment.

There’s the commands key you can use for each pane, like so:

windows:
  - name: Server
    focus: true
    root: ~/dev
    layout: tiled
    panes:
      - commands:
        - cd app1
        - be rails s
      - commands:
        - cd app2
        - be rails s -p 3001
      - commands:
        - cd app1
        - be sidekiq
      - commands:
        - cd app2
        - be sidekiq

But what this will do is join commands with ; instead of && — which is not what you want here.

We could change (or add a new option) this line to join commands with “sending the Enter key” instead of ;.

What do you think?