Need some help for Layouts - single-shot process closes layout panel instead of keeping it open..

[pm5k]

I am trying to configure my startup session to launch several pre-configured spaces, but it seems like processes that run and stop will end up being closed by Kitty, instead of remaining open. I was wondering how I could ensure that this does not happen. I am currently testing this behaviour with the following startup session file:

launch cat ~/hello.txt
launch zsh
layout tall

This runs cat in the left panel/window and immediately closes that panel, while what is supposed to be the right panel launches zsh and remains open.

If I change the cat command to zsh it obviously stays open side-by-side with the other shell. My question is - how do I ensure that the panel I want to run an arbitrary process from will remain open once the process completes - so I can re-use it myself if needed without seeing my layout broken?

I hope this makes sense.

[kovidgoyal]

launch sh -c "cat whatever; read"

[pm5k]

That's the bit I was unclear on. It seemed to me I could chain commands like so: launch cat file && zsh or launch cat file zsh, thanks for the example.

[kovidgoyal]

I have added an example showing this to the launch documentation.