I used to keep my working directory when opening a new tab in gnome-terminal and want to restore this functionality. My research pointed me to sourcing /etc/profile.d/vte.sh in my ~/.zshrc (I use Z shell), however that does not change the problem, my new tabs still get opened in ~.How can I restore this functionality? It can be a dirty hack if necessary.My versions~$ uname -aLinux konradslaptop2 3.17.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 30 20:49:39 CET 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux~$ gnome-terminal --versionGNOME-Terminal 3.14.2~$ zsh --versionzsh 5.0.7 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)My ~/.zshrc (minimal example). /etc/profile.d/vte.sh# auto generated by .zsh installationif (( ${+terminfo[smkx]} )) && (( ${+terminfo[rmkx]} )); then           function zle-line-init () {        printf '%s' ${terminfo[smkx]}    }    function zle-line-finish () {        printf '%s' ${terminfo[rmkx]}    }    zle -N zle-line-init    zle -N zle-line-finishfi
vte.sh does not keep my gnome-terminal directory in new tab
gnome terminal
A very simple workaround for you would be including a function in your ~/.zshrc that remembers the working directory and changes into it when opening zsh:cd $(<>/dev/shm/$USER-pwd)__cd(){    \cd $@    pwd >/dev/shm/$USER-pwd}alias cd=__cdWe use /dev/shm instead of /tmp to avoid disk writes, although /tmp could already be a tmpfs on your system. \cd is used to avoid a fork bomb.If you would like this feature for gnome-terminal only, you could include an if statement to check your current terminal or active window. Also, if you are concerned that other users might find out what was your last directory, you could modify the permissions for $USER-pwd with chmod:if xprop -id $(xprop -root 32x ' $0' _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | awk '{print $NF}') WM_CLASS | grep -q gnome-terminal; then    cd    $(<>/dev/shm/$USER-pwd)    chmod 600 /dev/shm/$USER-pwd    __cd(){        \cd $@        pwd >/dev/shm/$USER-pwd    }    alias cd=__cdfi