From ae14b869d7bc0e0cd8ed16157837ad09aaacacc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Gricar <coppie@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:38:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add switch to provide initial working directory

This patch adds -p switch which takes one argument 'path' and can be
used to set the initial working directory of the new st instance.
It acts the same as running 'cd path' command after starting the st
instance.
---
 st.1 |  8 ++++++++
 x.c  | 13 +++++++++----
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/st.1 b/st.1
index e8d6059..a901122 100644
--- a/st.1
+++ b/st.1
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ st \- simple terminal
 .RB [ \-aiv ]
 .RB [ \-c
 .IR class ]
+.RB [ \-d
+.IR path ]
 .RB [ \-f
 .IR font ]
 .RB [ \-g
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ st \- simple terminal
 .RB [ \-aiv ]
 .RB [ \-c
 .IR class ]
+.RB [ \-d
+.IR path ]
 .RB [ \-f
 .IR font ]
 .RB [ \-g
@@ -58,6 +62,10 @@ disable alternate screens in terminal
 .BI \-c " class"
 defines the window class (default $TERM).
 .TP
+.BI \-d " path"
+changes the working directory to
+.IR path .
+.TP
 .BI \-f " font"
 defines the
 .I font
diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index 48a6676..fab2ddc 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ static char *opt_io    = NULL;
 static char *opt_line  = NULL;
 static char *opt_name  = NULL;
 static char *opt_title = NULL;
+static char *opt_dir   = NULL;
 
 static int oldbutton = 3; /* button event on startup: 3 = release */
 
@@ -1958,12 +1959,12 @@ run(void)
 void
 usage(void)
 {
-	die("usage: %s [-aiv] [-c class] [-f font] [-g geometry]"
-	    " [-n name] [-o file]\n"
+	die("usage: %s [-aiv] [-c class] [-d path] [-f font]"
+	    " [-g geometry] [-n name] [-o file]\n"
 	    "          [-T title] [-t title] [-w windowid]"
 	    " [[-e] command [args ...]]\n"
-	    "       %s [-aiv] [-c class] [-f font] [-g geometry]"
-	    " [-n name] [-o file]\n"
+	    "       %s [-aiv] [-c class] [-d path] [-f font]"
+	    " [-g geometry] [-n name] [-o file]\n"
 	    "          [-T title] [-t title] [-w windowid] -l line"
 	    " [stty_args ...]\n", argv0, argv0);
 }
@@ -2015,6 +2016,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	case 'v':
 		die("%s " VERSION "\n", argv0);
 		break;
+	case 'd':
+		opt_dir = EARGF(usage());
+		break;
 	default:
 		usage();
 	} ARGEND;
@@ -2034,6 +2038,7 @@ run:
 	xinit(cols, rows);
 	xsetenv();
 	selinit();
+	chdir(opt_dir);
 	run();
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.25.1