1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/exec.zig b/src/exec.zig
index 5b170375..ac6efcdd 100644
--- a/src/exec.zig
+++ b/src/exec.zig
@@ -554,16 +554,21 @@ fn routeToRepl(p: *Pardes, from: usize, text: []const u8) Routed {
         return .{ .sent = from };
     }
     const lang = langOf(src) orelse return .none;
-    // Every REPL bound for the language, a program running in it or not:
-    // which one is the text's is never guessed from which happens to be
-    // running now.
+    // Every REPL bound for the language whose program still runs: one
+    // whose program exited is skipped, in the question and in the choice.
     var bound: [26]usize = undefined;
     var n: usize = 0;
+    var exited: ?usize = null;
     for (p.panes, 0..) |slot, i| if (slot) |pane| if (pane.repl) |r| if (r.lang == lang and n < bound.len) {
+        if (!replLive(p, i)) {
+            exited = i;
+            continue;
+        }
         bound[n] = i;
         n += 1;
     };
-    if (n == 0) return .none;
+    // Bound but none running: said, never run as a command instead.
+    if (n == 0) return if (exited) |i| replGone(p, from, p.panes[i].?) else .none;
     if (n == 1) {
         if (!replLive(p, bound[0])) return replGone(p, from, p.panes[bound[0]].?);
         sendToRepl(p, from, bound[0], text);