From ba2efaacd89029d06891b68903ab4b712df0d599 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:32:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix regression in launching executables as command line
 arguments without full paths

---
 kitty/tabs.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kitty/tabs.py b/kitty/tabs.py
index ca2f0f445..c83bb66a5 100644
--- a/kitty/tabs.py
+++ b/kitty/tabs.py
@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ class Tab:  # {{{
                 cmd = self.args.args or resolved_shell(self.opts)
         if check_for_suitability:
             old_exe = cmd[0]
+            if not os.path.isabs(old_exe):
+                import shutil
+                actual_exe = shutil.which(old_exe)
+                old_exe = actual_exe if actual_exe else os.path.abspath(old_exe)
             try:
                 is_executable = os.access(old_exe, os.X_OK)
             except OSError: