fixed tmux start script default-tmux-session

changed tmux keymaps for pane splitting to start pane in the same
directory

misc/scripts/default-tmux-session

@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-SESSION='quak'
-# dont forget the '-d' option, otherwise the rest of
-# the commands will get executed after the session is closed
+DEFAULT_SESSION='quak'
+DUMMY_SESSION='dummy'
 
-if $(tmux has-session -t ${SESSION}); then
-    echo "default session ${SESSION} already exists"
+# start dummy session to avoid error messages on `has-session`
+tmux new-session -d -s "$DUMMY_SESSION"
 
-    # return 1 to report error and abort the `dmux` alias
-    return 1
+# check if the default session exists
+# redirect stderr to /dev/null because `session not found` is
+# not a relevant error in this case
+if $(tmux has-session -t ${DEFAULT_SESSION} 2>/dev/null); then
+    echo "default session <${DEFAULT_SESSION}> already exists"
+    # no action needed if the session exists, the attach command is run externally
 else
-    tmux new-session -d -s "$SESSION" -n "temp"
-    tmux new-window -t "$SESSION" -n "dotfiles" -c $HOME/dotfiles
-    tmux new-window -t "$SESSION" -n "docs" -c $HOME/collection
-    tmux new-window -t "$SESSION" -n "stuff" -c $HOME
-    tmux kill-window -t "temp"
+    # dont forget the '-d' option, otherwise the session is closed
+    # before the rest of the commands are executed
+    tmux new-session -d -s "$DEFAULT_SESSION" -n "dotfiles" -c "$HOME/dotfiles"
+    tmux new-window -t "$DEFAULT_SESSION" -n "docs" -c "$HOME/collection"
+    tmux new-window -t "$DEFAULT_SESSION" -n "stuff" -c "$HOME"
 
     # this causes the script to exit only, when the session is ended or detached
-    # it also causes the tmux detach command with hang up signal to fail
-    # therefore the following line is commented out and an alias setup in .bashrc
-    #tmux attach -t "$SESSION"
+    # it also causes tmux's detach command with hang up signal to fail
+    # therefore the following line is commented out
+    # an `alias` is created in `.bashrc` which calls this script and runs
+    # `tmux attach` on successful execution
+
+    #tmux attach -t "$DEFAULT_SESSION"
 fi
+
+tmux kill-session -t "$DUMMY_SESSION"

tmux/.config/tmux/keymaps.conf

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ unbind x
 bind x kill-pane -t +0
 
 # keymaps for splitting
-bind v split-pane -v
-bind h split-pane -h
+bind v split-pane -v -c "#{pane_current_path}"
+bind h split-pane -h -c "#{pane_current_path}"
 bind b break-pane
 unbind t
 bind t command-prompt -p "move pane to window:"  "join-pane -t '%%'"

tmux/.config/tmux/tmux.conf

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # use interactive shell instead of login shell
 set-option -g default-command "/bin/bash"
 
+# ..
+set-option -s exit-unattached off
+
 # enable rgb colors
 set-option -sa terminal-features ',xterm-256color:RGB'