[feature request] cd into the directory that is the active plane on exit

[jestarray]

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5796c0dd-3a65-4cfa-b6c2-fc4f8ad640ba

When you exit the file manager in https://github.com/jarun/nnn , it will cd into the directory after you last quit. Is there a way to do this in far2l? As you can see far2l does not cd on exit. I think it would be nice to make it so it would cd to the directory in the last active/selected plane

[elfmz]

What is n in you video? I installed nnn from apt and it doesnt do that. Is this new feature or needs some special shell/terminal?

[elfmz]

Found, its really special shell integration script that added to bash.rc: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Basic-use-cases#configure-cd-on-quit https://github.com/jarun/nnn/tree/master/misc/quitcd so from far2l itself only needed is to write somewhere its last cwd

[elfmz]

After recent commit try following: alias f2l='source /usr/local/share/far2l/far2l-cd.sh'

(but 1st check where far2l-cd.sh installed at your system) and then use f2l

[jestarray]

@elfmz for me it was located in /usr/share/far2l/far2l-sh.cd. I tried adding it to by .bashrc it segfaults:

┬─[a@arch:~]─[08:19:32 AM]
╰─>$ bash
[a@arch ~]$ far2l
fish: Job 1, 'bash' terminated by signal SIGSEGV (Address boundary error)

I'm using fish shell by default but even if I try in bash, far2l-cd.sh does not work. Would it be possible to add this feature in the Quit menu itself? Maybe add a Yes(cd) option here?

[unxed]

Yes + cd . would be nice

[akruphi]

if I try in bash, far2l-cd.sh does not work.

Under bash you should run far2l-cd.sh not as separate subscript, but inside current bash process via source far2l-cd.sh or via . far2l-cd.sh.

[jestarray]

function f2l
    # Use the Fish built-in %self PID for a unique temp file
    set pid %self
    set tmpfile ""

    if test -d /tmp
        set tmpfile /tmp/far2l-cwd-$pid
    else if test -d /var/tmp
        set tmpfile /var/tmp/far2l-cwd-$pid
    else
        set tmpfile $HOME/.far2l-cwd-$pid
    end

    set -x FAR2L_CWD $tmpfile

    # Try to create the file
    echo "" > "$FAR2L_CWD"
    if test $status -eq 0
        chmod 600 "$FAR2L_CWD"
    else
        set -e FAR2L_CWD
    end

    # Run far2l with all passed arguments
    command far2l --tty $argv

    # Read directory back from the file
    if test -n "$FAR2L_CWD" -a -f "$FAR2L_CWD"
        set cwd (cat "$FAR2L_CWD")
        rm "$FAR2L_CWD"
        set -e FAR2L_CWD

        if test -n "$cwd" -a -d "$cwd"
            cd "$cwd"
        end
    end
end

Ok I got it working now. This is the version for for fish shell. I still think having it in the GUI on exit with Yes(cd) option is better though rather than requiring users to configure anything