1 files changed, 29 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/pardes.zig b/src/pardes.zig
index aa2ec398..ad530319 100644
--- a/src/pardes.zig
+++ b/src/pardes.zig
@@ -553,8 +553,12 @@ test "PdfTint cycles pane-local state and exposes it in the live PDF tag" {
     const full_tag = try p.tagText(p.scratch.allocator(), pane);
     try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, full_tag, "full PdfTint") != null);
 
-    // The launch companion is a terminal. Running the same pane-scoped word
-    // there cannot mutate the PDF next to it.
+    // Running the same pane-scoped word in a terminal cannot mutate the PDF
+    // next to it. A FILE boot is one pane now, so that terminal is asked for
+    // here rather than inherited from init.
+    _ = try p.newPane(1);
+    p.layoutAppendColumn(1);
+    p.sync(); // rects for the new column, exactly as the two-pane boot did
     try std.testing.expect(!hasPdf(p.panes[1].?));
     p.runBuiltin(tint_builtin, 1, "", null);
     try std.testing.expectEqual(PdfTintMode.full, pv.tint);
@@ -773,6 +777,11 @@ test "PDF pane geometry change preserves its page-relative position" {
         .rows = 24,
     });
     defer p.deinit();
+    // A FILE boot is one pane now and a lone column always fills the window,
+    // so the divider drag below needs a second column to take the width from.
+    _ = try p.newPane(1);
+    p.layoutAppendColumn(1);
+    p.sync(); // rects for the new column, exactly as the two-pane boot did
     const pane = p.panes[0].?;
     const pv = &pane.pdf.?;
     p.native_images = true;
@@ -1345,6 +1354,14 @@ test "PdfSections output, Look, and n/N share exact cached outline destinations"
 
     const p = try Pardes.init(gpa, .{ .file = path, .cols = 80, .rows = 28 });
     defer p.deinit();
+    // A FILE boot is one pane now, so the launch shell this leans on twice has
+    // to be asked for: an empty slot 1 would satisfy the inertness check below
+    // for the wrong reason (runBuiltin drops a null pane before any builtin
+    // runs) AND would then be handed to the +PdfSections output, which is the
+    // one pane the look at the end must NOT come from.
+    _ = try p.newPane(1);
+    p.layoutAppendColumn(1);
+    p.sync(); // rects for the new column, exactly as the two-pane boot did
     while (p.nextEffect()) |_| {}
     const pdf_pane = p.panes[0].?;
     const sections = std.meta.stringToEnum(Builtin, "PdfSections") orelse
@@ -3741,10 +3758,12 @@ pub const Rect = struct { x: u16, y: u16, w: u16, h: u16 };
 
 pub const Options = struct {
     tty_only: bool = false,
-    /// initial shell panes: 1 (default) or 3 for the classic two-column boot
+    /// initial shell panes: 1 (default) or 3 for the classic two-column boot.
+    /// A `file` outranks this — see there.
     shells: u8 = 1,
-    /// argv FILE (resolved absolute): boot with it focused as a doc pane in
-    /// the left column, a terminal on the launch directory in the right
+    /// argv FILE (resolved absolute): boot with it as the ONLY pane, focused
+    /// and filling the window. It names the whole boot layout, so `shells` is
+    /// not consulted at all (it never was — the file arm always won).
     file: ?[]const u8 = null,
     file_line: usize = 0,
     tty_toggle: u21 = config.tty_toggle_default,
@@ -3932,8 +3951,10 @@ pub const Pardes = struct {
         const p = try gpa.create(Pardes);
         p.* = .{ .gpa = gpa, .opts = opts, .screen_w = opts.cols, .screen_h = opts.rows, .scratch = .init(gpa) };
         if (opts.file) |path| {
-            // FILE argv boot: the doc focused in the left column, a terminal
-            // on the launch directory in the right (files left, shells right)
+            // FILE argv boot: the doc alone, filling the window. Naming a file
+            // is asking to READ it, not to be handed a shell you did not ask
+            // for and have to close — and the launch directory is one Newcol
+            // away when it is wanted. Doc, PDF and image all boot the same way.
             _ = initial_doc: {
                 if (comptime pdf_enabled) if (look.isPdfPath(path))
                     break :initial_doc try p.openPdfView(0, path, opts.file_line);
@@ -3941,13 +3962,9 @@ pub const Pardes = struct {
                     break :initial_doc try p.openImageView(0, path);
                 break :initial_doc try file_pane.open(p, 0, path, opts.file_line);
             };
-            const sh = try p.newPane(1);
-            sh.greet = true;
-            p.ncol = 2;
+            p.ncol = 1;
             p.col_n[0] = 1;
             p.col_terms[0][0] = 0;
-            p.col_n[1] = 1;
-            p.col_terms[1][0] = 1;
         } else if (opts.tty_only) {
             _ = try p.newPane(0);
             p.panes[0].?.mode = .tty;