Bug#362156: gnome-terminal: Get rid of tab X buttons, or make them optional!

Jamm!n Wheeler jammin at life.eu.org
Wed Apr 12 15:20:38 UTC 2006


Package: gnome-terminal
Version: 2.14.0-1
Severity: normal


In a recent update to gnome-terminal, X (close) buttons have appeared on
every tab. There appears to be no way to switch them off. This is a bug,
because (in increasing order of annoyance) :-

  (a) it's a waste of precious space in the tab; less title can be displayed

  (b) do you really close terminals so often that you need a button to do it?
  What exactly are you doing, opening a terminal, typing one command and
  then closing it again?

  (c) there are a million other ways of closing a terminal. My favourite
  is to explicitly type 'exit' or 'logout' or ^D, but you could also select
  close from the menu. All of these are deliberate actions, you can't
  do them accidentally, unlike clicking a button.

  (d) closing a terminal tab should *not* be a one-click operation,
  because you are not asked for confirmation and it's not possible
  to resume or recover what was on the screen if you accidentally 
  close it.

  (e) having the close button *on the tab*, where I have to click to
  *select* the tab, is an accident waiting to happen. It didn't have to
  wait very long to happen to me, I accidentally closed an important
  tab within about 15 minutes of this "feature" appearing.

*Please* get rid of them or let me switch them off! 

I consider this feature to be a bug which severely affects the usability 
of the program. In fact I will have to look for a different tabbed terminal 
program to use until this is resolved, because the risk of critical 
data loss is too great.

Ben

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (100, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-qolc-2006033005
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on:
ii  gnome-control-center      1:2.12.3-2     utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-terminal-data       2.14.0-1       Data files for the GNOME terminal 
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.11.4-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.14.0-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                     2.3.6-5        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgconf2-4               2.14.0-1       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.5.1-2      library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.10.2-1       The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0               2.14.0-2       The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.14.0-1       The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.14.0-2       GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.8.16-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.14.0-1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.12.0-2       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-5          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.8-1          library for program launch feedbac
ii  libvte4                   1:0.12.0-1     Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 
ii  libx11-6                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.0.2-1    X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  scrollkeeper              0.3.14-10.1    A free electronic cataloging syste

Versions of packages gnome-terminal recommends:
ii  yelp                          2.12.2-4   Help browser for GNOME 2

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