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diff --git a/test/snapshots/argv.golden b/test/snapshots/argv.golden
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+== snap noargs grid=100x30 cursor=4,4
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+|  TTY /tmp/pardes-snap/argv/cwd Del
+|  $ echo ARGV''TTY
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+== snap filearg grid=100x30 cursor=7,2
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+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/argv/cwd/notes.txt Save Del  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/argv/cwd Del
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+== snap dirarg grid=100x30 cursor=4,4
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diff --git a/test/snapshots/argv.snap b/test/snapshots/argv.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c3c9f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/snapshots/argv.snap
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+# argv: bare `pardes` boots one shell already in tty mode; a FILE argument
+# opens it focused in the left column (file:LINE scrolls there) with a
+# terminal greeting on the launch dir in the right; a DIRECTORY argument
+# becomes the cwd the shell spawns in
+lines notes.txt 8
+file zmarker.txt x
+start 30 100
+wait 8000 $
+stable 700 20000
+text echo ARGV''TTY
+key enter
+wait 8000 ARGVTTY
+stable 700 10000
+snap noargs
+start 30 100 notes.txt:3
+wait 8000 Kill Newcol
+wait 8000 zmarker.txt
+stable 700 20000
+snap filearg
+dirmk sub
+file sub/inside.txt marker
+start 30 100 sub
+wait 8000 Kill Newcol
+wait 8000 inside.txt
+stable 700 20000
+snap dirarg
diff --git a/test/snapshots/boot.snap b/test/snapshots/boot.snap
index 33b12be0..b51932bf 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/boot.snap
+++ b/test/snapshots/boot.snap
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-# default startup: 2 columns, 3 shells, each greets with ls; prompts hidden
+# -n 1: one shell pane in normal mode, greets with ls; prompts hidden
 file hello.txt marker-content
-start 30 100
+start 30 100 -n 1
 wait 8000 Kill Newcol
 wait 8000 hello.txt
 stable 700 20000
diff --git a/test/snapshots/restore.snap b/test/snapshots/restore.snap
index 8a677877..815edc55 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/restore.snap
+++ b/test/snapshots/restore.snap
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 # under ~/.local/share/pardes in live runs) and the topbar grows Restore <path>;
 # middle-click Restore loads that dump back into the live session: output on
 # screen at Dump time survives (pty history), later output does not
-start 30 100
+start 30 100 -n 1
 wait 8000 Kill Newcol
 stable 700 20000
 key c-b