Restarting R or Python loses current working directory

[jmcphers]

Positron Version:

Positron Version: 2024.05.0 (Universal) build 1255
Code - OSS Version: 1.89.0
Commit: a60c905e786adc4cfccae02d538c5a2ac5ad9b01
Date: 2024-05-16T03:42:49.370Z
Electron: 28.2.8
Chromium: 120.0.6099.291
Node.js: 18.18.2
V8: 12.0.267.19-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.4.0

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. Start R or Python.
2. Note the current working directory.
3. Change the working directory (e.g. setwd in R)
4. Restart the interpreter.
5. Note the current working directory

What did you expect to happen?

It is debatable whether or not the "current working directory" is part of the state that should be cleared in a restart. However, existing tools such as Jupyter and RStudio appear to preserve it across restarts, so we should too.

Originally noted by @gadenbuie in #3155

[seeM]

Maybe for a separate issue: I think this would make me want to click on the little working directory component in order to change the working directory. Could we add that interaction?

[gadenbuie]

I think this would make me want to click on the little working directory component in order to change the working directory. Could we add that interaction?

There are were a few issues opened around working directory behavior, but I started with #3155 almost entirely because I kept trying to click the working directory component 😄