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 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
