add support for opening terminal in set directory

README.rst

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ unset) and then falls back to ``$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS``.
 DEPENDENCIES
 ============
 
-A vte version >= 0.30. A patch is required to expose the functions needed for
+A vte version >= ``0.34``. A patch is required to expose the functions needed
-keyboard selection.
+for keyboard selection.
 
 KEYBINDINGS
 ===========
@@ -15,19 +15,35 @@ KEYBINDINGS
 INSERT MODE
 -----------
 
-+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
++-----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
 | ``ctrl-shift-escape`` | reload configuration file                   |
-+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
++-----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
 | ``ctrl-shift-c``      | copy to CLIPBOARD                           |
-+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
++-----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
 | ``ctrl-shift-v``      | paste from CLIPBOARD                        |
-+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
++-----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
 | ``ctrl-shift-u``      | unicode input (standard GTK binding)        |
-+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
++-----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
 | ``ctrl-tab``          | start scrollback completion                 |
-+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
++-----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
 | ``ctrl-shift-space``  | start command mode                          |
-+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
++-----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
+| ``ctrl-shift-t``      | open terminal in the current directory [1]_ |
++-----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
+
+.. [1] The directory can be set by a process running in the terminal. For
+       example, with zsh:
+
+       .. code:: sh
+
+            if [[ $TERM == xterm-termite ]]; then
+              . /etc/profile.d/vte.sh
+
+              chpwd() {
+                __vte_ps1
+              }
+            fi
+
 
 COMMAND MODE
 ------------

termite.cc

@@ -102,6 +102,18 @@ void launch_browser(char *browser, char *url) {
     g_spawn_async(NULL, browser_cmd, NULL, G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+static void launch_in_directory(VteTerminal *vte) {
+    const char *uri = vte_terminal_get_current_directory_uri(vte);
+    if (!uri) {
+        g_printerr("no directory uri set");
+        return;
+    }
+    auto dir = make_unique(g_filename_from_uri(uri, nullptr, nullptr), g_free);
+    char term[] = "termite"; // maybe this should be argv[0]
+    char *cmd[] = {term, nullptr};
+    g_spawn_async(dir.get(), cmd, NULL, G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
 static void find_urls(VteTerminal *vte, search_panel_info *panel_info) {
     GRegex *regex = g_regex_new(url_regex, G_REGEX_CASELESS, G_REGEX_MATCH_NOTEMPTY, NULL);
     GArray *attributes = g_array_new(FALSE, FALSE, sizeof (vte_char_attributes));
@@ -583,6 +595,9 @@ gboolean key_press_cb(VteTerminal *vte, GdkEventKey *event, keybind_info *info)
     }
     if (modifiers == (GDK_CONTROL_MASK|GDK_SHIFT_MASK)) {
         switch (gdk_keyval_to_lower(event->keyval)) {
+            case GDK_KEY_t:
+                launch_in_directory(vte);
+                return TRUE;
             case GDK_KEY_space:
                 enter_command_mode(vte, &info->select);
                 return TRUE;