[Feature request] Add directory option when creating new window

Bug #623033 reported by Bharath Ramesh
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Bug Description

It would be a nice option if one was able to specify a directory in byobu when creating a new window through menu->window (F9). If no directory is given then byobu will use no default directory.

As an example if one wanted to start a new window titled "foo" with its directory as "~/foo" they would be able to specify it when creating the window. An example ~/.byobu/windows file could look as

chdir ~/foo
screen -t foo # User selected directory for the window foo as ~/foo
chdir ~/bar
screen -t bar # User selected directory for window bar as ~/bar
screen -t foobar # User did not select any directory for window foobar

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Changed in byobu:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Marcus Asshauer (mcas) wrote :

This patch should do the job. The patch was build against revision 1173.

Changed in byobu:
status: Triaged → In Progress
Changed in byobu:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in byobu:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package byobu - 3.7-0ubuntu1

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byobu (3.7-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  [ Dustin Kirkland ]
  * usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost, usr/share/byobu/ec2/rates.eu_ie,
    usr/share/byobu/ec2/rates.us_ca, usr/share/byobu/ec2/rates.us_va:
    - add ec2_cost support for t1.micro instances, LP: #669190
  * etc/byobu/statusrc, usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am,
    usr/lib/byobu/notify_osd, usr/share/byobu/profiles/common,
    usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
    - add notify_osd support to byobu, LP: #669189
    - separate the perl into a script of its own
    - add per-pid notifier monitors, terminate when screen terminates
    - allow for disabling the notify_osd status; must handle in the perl
      script
    - use BYOBU_PREFIX for local installs
  * usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/bin/byobu-janitor, usr/bin/byobu-launcher-
    uninstall, usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys:
    - use gsed, where available; should help with BSD issues running byobu,
      LP: #651993
  * README: add a note about gsed
  * usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: add a synopsis section that mentions options
    simply passed through to screen, LP: #669566
  * usr/bin/byobu, usr/bin/byobu-janitor,
    usr/share/byobu/profiles/common: change location of $SSH_AUTH_SOCK symlink
    from /var/run to $HOME, as we can't be sure that the user's var/run
    dir will exist before screen starts, LP: #664059
  * etc/update-motd.d, etc/update-motd.d/55-window-manager,
    etc/update-motd.d/Makefile.am, Makefile.am, usr/bin/byobu-disable,
    usr/bin/byobu-enable:
    - add a helpful update-motd message and a convenient command to enable-and-
      launch byobu
  * usr/bin/byobu-select-session: enable byobu-select-session to list
    custom session names, LP: #630673
  * debian/templates, etc/byobu/statusrc, usr/bin/byobu, usr/bin/byobu-
    janitor, usr/bin/byobu-launcher, usr/bin/byobu-launcher-install,
    usr/bin/byobu-launcher-uninstall, usr/bin/byobu-select-profile,
    usr/bin/byobu-status, usr/lib/byobu/custom, usr/lib/byobu/disk_io,
    usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost, usr/lib/byobu/hostname,
    usr/lib/byobu/ip_address, usr/lib/byobu/logo,
    usr/lib/byobu/mem_available, usr/lib/byobu/menu,
    usr/lib/byobu/network, usr/lib/byobu/.notify_osd,
    usr/lib/byobu/reboot_required, usr/lib/byobu/services,
    usr/lib/byobu/updates_available, usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys,
    usr/share/byobu/keybindings/screen-escape-keys,
    usr/share/byobu/profiles/byoburc, usr/share/byobu/profiles/common,
    usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
    - xdg user dirs overhaul, LP: #553105
  * etc/byobu/statusrc, usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/lib/byobu/mail,
    usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am, usr/lib/byobu/raid,
    usr/share/byobu/profiles/common, usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
    - add a raid notification, LP: #669191
  * usr/bin/byobu-status, usr/lib/byobu/notify_osd:
    - fix all detail printing
  * usr/bin/byobu:
    - fix listing of sessions, LP: #672023
  * usr/lib/byobu/services:
    - drop max instance count from NC service reporting; was inaccurate

  [ Marcus Asshauer ]
  * usr/bin/byobu-config: add directory option when creating new window,
    LP: #623033
 -- Dustin Kirkla...

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Changed in byobu (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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