Custom working directory for each terminal

[MoMaT]

This is a small patch (against Terminator 0.96) that adds extra config option: "directory". It is read when a terminal is spawned and is used to set its working directory.

Example use in a config file:

[layouts]
  [[default]]
    [[[child0]]]
      type = Window
      parent = ""
    [[[child1]]]
      type = HPaned
      parent = child0
    [[[terminal3]]]
      profile = default
      type = Terminal
      order = 1
      parent = child1
      directory = /home/user/projects
    [[[terminal2]]]
      profile = default
      type = Terminal
      order = 0
      parent = child1
      directory = /etc/nginx/sites-available

[Chris Jones (cmsj)]

Nice idea. It should really get some representation in the Preferences GUI - would you be interested in extending the patch to add that? If not I will get to it some time before the coming 1.0 release.

[Jitendra Vyas (jitendra-web)]

I tried this but not working for me

[Ronald (ronald-p)]

I'm running 0.97, installed from the default Linux Mint repos. The directory argument isn't working for me either.

[MoMaT (momat)]

This is now in the development branch only and wil be part of the next release. So you need to wait for 0.98 or 1.0.

In the mean time, you can use command to get a similar effect (at a cost of running the shell twice):
command = cd /home/user/files; bash