Tabs are extremely useful - I have saved several configurations for my different working contexts, each of which contains around a dozen of the most important directories.
I also like the possibility to lock the base directory and allow directory changes. This makes the base directory a kind of virtual root directory for this tab.
BUT - there is one important difference in behaviour: If I have changed directory in such a locked tab (let's call it A), then switch to tab B and then return to tab A, I find myself in the base directory again. This is not what I want - I want to return to the directory where I was when I left tab A!
If you think that other users do not agree with me (which may or may not be the case), this would be a real candidate for an option; while I agree that too many options make a software complicated and error-prone, I think this would be a point where configurability would really be worth the price of added complexity.
Tab behaviour
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Another discussion on this topic, including the author's statement: [REQ]Locked, directory changes allowed...
Workaround: If you have to leave such a tab and want to keep the directory you are currently in, you could press Ctrl-T to open it in a new tab.
Workaround: If you have to leave such a tab and want to keep the directory you are currently in, you could press Ctrl-T to open it in a new tab.
Who the hell is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk?
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