Make a new terminal to open in the same cwd as the cwd of the terminal in which the user was working. If no directory

was specified (as for the first terminal at startup), the cwd of the parent process will be used. Fixes LP #181194

terminator

@@ -104,14 +104,17 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
 
   matches = {}
 
-
-  def __init__ (self, terminator, profile = None, command = None):
+  def __init__ (self, terminator, profile = None, command = None, cwd = None):
     self.defaults['profile_dir'] = self.defaults['_profile_dir']%(self.defaults['gt_dir'])
 
     self.terminator = terminator
     self.gconf_client = gconf.client_get_default ()
     self.command = command
 
+    # Open first tab in ~ or in cwd from parent?
+    #self.cwd = cwd or os.path.expanduser ("~");
+    self.cwd = cwd or os.getcwd();
+
     if profile == None:
       profile = self.gconf_client.get_string (self.defaults['gt_dir'] + '/global/default_profile')
 
@@ -201,7 +204,14 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
       shell = pwd.getpwuid (os.getuid ())[6]
       args = [os.path.basename (shell)]
 
-    self._vte.fork_command (command = shell, argv = args, envv = [], loglastlog = login, logwtmp = update_records, logutmp = update_records)
+    self._pid = self._vte.fork_command (command = shell, argv = args, envv = [], directory=self.cwd, loglastlog = login, logwtmp = update_records, logutmp = update_records)
+
+  def get_cwd (self):
+    """ Return the current working directory of the subprocess.
+        This function is NOT portable, as it relies on a *nix-specific
+        path. This won't work on Windows.
+    """
+    return os.path.realpath("/proc/%s/cwd" % self._pid)
 
   def reconf (self, property):
     value = self.gconf_client.get ('%s/%s'%(self.profile, property))
@@ -641,7 +651,7 @@ class Terminator:
     """ Split the provided widget on the horizontal or vertical axis. """
 
     # create a new terminal and parent pane.
-    terminal = TerminatorTerm (self, self.profile, None)
+    terminal = TerminatorTerm (self, self.profile, None, widget.get_cwd())
     pane = (vertical) and gtk.VPaned () or gtk.HPaned ()
 
     # get the parent of the provided terminal