colors, ../ och -a

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@
 - Cursor can now move to the empty line immediately below the last object.
 - `Ctrl+K K` now behaves like joe: the block end is the row immediately above the cursor.
 - On the bottom empty line, `Ctrl+K K` therefore selects through the last object.
+
+## v2 update
+- The bottom empty row now visibly shows the cursor.
+- When TUI exits normally, the shell integration changes the parent Bash shell to the directory where TUI was closed.

tui/tui-shell.bash

@@ -44,19 +44,31 @@ tui() {
         fi
         rc=$?
 
+        tui_cwd="$(<"$cwd_file")"
+
+        if [[ -z "$tui_cwd" || ! -d "$tui_cwd" ]]; then
             if (( rc != 42 )); then
                 rm -f "$command_file" "$cwd_file"
                 return "$rc"
             fi
-
-        tui_cwd="$(<"$cwd_file")"
-
-        if [[ -z "$tui_cwd" || ! -d "$tui_cwd" ]]; then
             echo "tui: invalid TUI working directory" >&2
             rm -f "$command_file" "$cwd_file"
             return 1
         fi
 
+        # A normal TUI exit means the user wants to leave TUI. Change the
+        # parent Bash shell to the directory where TUI was actually closed.
+        if (( rc != 42 )); then
+            if (( rc == 0 )); then
+                cd "$tui_cwd" || {
+                    rm -f "$command_file" "$cwd_file"
+                    return 1
+                }
+            fi
+            rm -f "$command_file" "$cwd_file"
+            return "$rc"
+        fi
+
         # Execute all commands belonging to one TUI action before starting
         # TUI again. Each command remains a normal Bash command and gets its
         # own history entry. If a command fails, stop the action and pause so

tui/tui.py

@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ def draw(stdscr, browser, status=""):
             text = entry.name + ("/" if entry.is_dir() else "")
         else:
             # One empty line after the final object, matching the cursor range.
+            # A literal space is needed here: curses does not draw attributes
+            # for an empty string, so the cursor would otherwise be invisible.
             entry = None
             is_marked = False
             attrs = curses.A_NORMAL
@@ -502,6 +504,18 @@ def run(stdscr, start_dir=".", show_all=False):
 
     status = ""
 
+    def save_cwd():
+        cwd_file = os.environ.get("TUI_CWD_FILE")
+        if cwd_file:
+            try:
+                Path(cwd_file).write_text(str(browser.path), encoding="utf-8")
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+
+    # Always leave the shell wrapper with the directory in which TUI was
+    # actually closed, not merely the directory of the last action.
+    save_cwd()
+
     def configured_action(key):
         if key == curses.KEY_UP:
             return browser.resolve_key_action(["up"], browser.selected())
@@ -522,6 +536,7 @@ def run(stdscr, start_dir=".", show_all=False):
 
         return None
 
+    try:
         while True:
             draw(stdscr, browser, status)
             status = ""
@@ -578,6 +593,8 @@ def run(stdscr, start_dir=".", show_all=False):
                     return SHELL_HANDOFF
                 if result is False:
                     return
+    finally:
+        save_cwd()
 
 
 def main():