From 141754ca39a257ce6dfee0f0d8c82e233e5bffbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Gardling <titaniumtown@proton.me>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:11:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ghostty: fix???

---
 home/progs/ghostty.nix | 7 +++++++
 home/progs/niri.nix    | 8 ++------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/home/progs/ghostty.nix b/home/progs/ghostty.nix
index d2cfb75..6eba371 100644
--- a/home/progs/ghostty.nix
+++ b/home/progs/ghostty.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@
       # cursor
       cursor-style = "underline";
 
+      # always open new windows at $HOME instead of inheriting whatever cwd the
+      # currently-focused ghostty window has. with gtk-single-instance, the
+      # focused-window inherit rule otherwise sticks the daemon's first cwd to
+      # every subsequent niri Mod+T launch.
+      window-inherit-working-directory = false;
+      working-directory = "home";
+
       # keep one daemon alive so subsequent launches (e.g. niri Mod+T) are
       # instant instead of paying GTK + wgpu init each time. relies on the
       # dbus-activated systemd user service that the HM module wires up.
diff --git a/home/progs/niri.nix b/home/progs/niri.nix
index f9e7378..f34f2e2 100644
--- a/home/progs/niri.nix
+++ b/home/progs/niri.nix
@@ -115,12 +115,8 @@ in
 
         "Mod+O".action = toggle-overview;
 
-        # open a terminal — pass --working-directory=home so the gtk-single-instance
-        # daemon doesn't keep handing back whatever cwd the focused window has.
-        "Mod+T".action = spawn [
-          config.home.sessionVariables.TERMINAL
-          "--working-directory=home"
-        ];
+        # open a terminal
+        "Mod+T".action = spawn config.home.sessionVariables.TERMINAL;
 
         # lock the screen
         "Mod+X".action = spawn (lib.getExe pkgs.swaylock);