OSX Terminal Tabs/Windows
macos, terminal
Solution
I have found the answer due to rubber duck debugging with my friend @artlogic on Twitter. The problem (or solution, however you choose to see it) was in System Preferences > General, the option "Close window when quitting an application" was checked and therefore closing the windows before quitting the application thus nullifying the effect I was hoping for.
That is all.
Problem
I have been searching for this for a while now and finally I give up and need to ask the question. I have Terminal.app on my OSX (10.8.4) machine setup to remember my open terminal tabs & windows. This means that when I open the application my previously open tabs & widnows are restored with their working directories preserved. So, if I have a session with tabs: - /usr/local - ~/github/project - ~/Documents Upon closing and restarting the Terminal application those tabs will be restored on application startup. I do not have a .bashrc file in my user directory or any window groups save in Terminal Preferences > Window Groups. Here are my settings for Terminal Preferences > Startup: - On startup, open: - the radio button for "New window with settings:" is selected with "Pro" - Shells open with: - Default login shell - New windows open with: - Default Settings - Default Working Directory - New tabs open with: - Default Settings - Same Working Directory I am pretty sure I have not done any other customizing in the preferences for Terminal other than window size. Is there some other place that settings are being stored? I only ask because I sometimes use other computers and would like to bring this functionality with me.