docs: document resurrect restore workaround for unix domain mux mode#138
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gui-startup is never emitted when default_gui_startup_args = { 'connect', 'unix' },
so resurrect_on_gui_startup silently does nothing in that setup.
Documents the workaround: the mux server writes a timestamped marker file
on first config load (detected via wezterm.GLOBAL + wezterm.gui == nil),
and the GUI reads and deletes it in update-status for a one-shot restore.
The 30-second timestamp guard prevents stale markers from triggering spurious
restores after a crash.
The previous snippet set _startup_restore_done = true immediately when no marker was found, which races with the mux server writing the file. The GUI's first update-status tick often fires before the mux server process has finished its first config load, so the marker hadn't been written yet. Retry for up to 15 seconds before concluding this is a reconnect rather than a cold start. Also add resize_window = false to the restore call to prevent the workspace restore from resizing the window.
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docs: document resurrect restore workaround for unix domain mux mode
gui-startupis never emitted whendefault_gui_startup_args = { "connect", "unix" }even if mux just started,so
resurrect_on_gui_startupsilently does nothing in that setup.Documents the workaround with a complete configuration snippet that users
can copy directly into their
wezterm.lua.