Exiting from a command that was specified in the layout kdl file

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I had lazygit running as a command specified in a layout.kdl file, but when I exit from the session, I am faced with whether I want to rerun the command, drop the shell, or exit. I prefer not to be asked this question and want to return to the shell, is it possible?

[Lockszmith-GH]

That is Session Resurrection, which is on by default.

Also see: #2919

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Sorry, I think I didn't explain it correctly, I meant the lazygit session, not zellij. When I quit a command that was specified as a command in the layout file, I am faced with the 3 options I described above, but say that I don't want to be asked that for that pane how would I be able to do it?

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I think close_on_exit is pretty close to what I was looking for but when I implemented it on my layout file, there's not change in how zellij behaves.

[Lockszmith-GH]

Can you please describe the workflow you are looking for vs the workflow that is happening today?

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Apologies, my bad. So, say in the kdl file I declare that I want yazi to run on one of my panes (which works just fine) but say that I quit out of yazi and I want to get back to my shell, I do that with the q key now, I am faced with three options - to re-run the command, to drop to shell and to quit from the shell. Say that my answer to this question will always be to drop to shell, how can I tell zellij that?

[Lockszmith-GH]

I see... one way I can think of, is to not run yazi, but instead run it in a script that 'exits to the shell', from the command line it will look something like:

sh -c 'yazi; exec /bin/bash -l'

so this will run sh with the command line yazi; exec /bin/bash -l, which will first run yazi, then when it drops from yazi, it will replace the existing process with /bin/bash -l which will open an interactive shell.

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Thanks for that reply, but I feel it to be very primitive as compared to something like tmuxp maybe it's something can be worked on in the future. Also it's a really sad thing that only one command can be issued in the layout file, but for situations like when I would like a command to be run on a different folder than the default one I need to execute a cd and then my command, making the current options provided by zellij quite incomplete.

[Lockszmith-GH]

Specifically to your gripe, the Current Working Dir for a command can be set, see cwd.
BTW: If you search the discussions and PRs in this repo for cwd you will see that painstakingly attention is being placed on it, it's not a trivial afterthought.

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I have another question, I want a layout to look something like this

---

| Pane1 | Pane2 |
| ---------------- |
| Pane3 |

And my layout file looks something like this:

    tab name="Dev" focus=true {
        pane name="Pane1" focus=true {
            split_direction "vertical"
            size "70%"
        }
        pane name="Pane3" {
            split_direction "horizontal"
            cwd "$PROJECT_DIR"
            size "30%"
        }
        pane name="Pane2" {
            split_direction "vertical"
            size "70%"
        }
    }

This isn't giving me that. Could you guide me on how to do it?

[Lockszmith-GH]

I've done that before, let me check and get back to you

[Lockszmith-GH]

Opening a separate thread, so that I can delete it if becomes a 'thing of it's own' - which I don't intend it to be.

In response to your reply, emphasis added by me:

Thanks for that reply, but I feel it to be very primitive as compared to something like tmuxp maybe it's something can be worked on in the future. Also it's a really sad thing that only one command can be issued in the layout file, but for situations like when I would like a command to be run on a different folder than the default one I need to execute a cd and then my command, making the current options provided by zellij quite incomplete.

I may be the asshole here for being triggered by it, and I wrote a whole piece about "how we should behave", then decided against it, as to not hijack this conversation too much - as it would just make things worse for everyone.

It feels like you're trying to insult the tool and/or it's development by the use of words like "primitive", "really sad".
I'm sorry Zellij is overburdening you.

While I doubt you felt your last comment was toxic in any way, I'd like you to take note how it can be perceived.

I would recommend you read this thread from another community and the articles linked there.

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I'm sorry if my words seemed a bit harsh; it wasn't my intention for them to be so. I love Zellij, and I use it all the time; I even switched over from Tmux because of the potential I saw in it, and it gives me great pride in contributing constructively to its development. I appreciate your efforts towards good etiquette; it is entirely my fault for the poor choice of words. I honestly don't know why I said that, considering how helpful you have been to me all along; I hope I am worthy of your forgiveness.

[Lockszmith-GH]

🤣 We are all good, and sorry I took it too far. I have been perceived as a douchebag numerous times, probably because I care too much, so I've learned to pay close attention to language.

And no forgiveness of mine is needed, you are not at fault (besides, I'm of little importance).
I'm glad it was mostly a misunderstanding on my part.

It's all about responsibility anyway, I take full responsibility here for overreacting.

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Thank you so much, I am really grateful!