This really has nothing to do with xterm, except that the fix needs to be in the xterm package. Ubuntu is meant to be easy to understand, and it's really important that new users can explore all of the applications they are getting out of the box without running into a brick wall or feeling lost. That is getting difficult with the signal to noise ratio in the applications menu: scattered alongside the applications we want people to discover and enjoy we have every settings panel, a bunch of different admin tools, xdiagnose, and three terminal applications: gnome-terminal, xterm and uxterm.
This isn't about xterm being bad: it's about xterm and ubuntu-desktop being an odd fit. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xterm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129041 Title: xterm icon available by default Status in Ayatana Design: New Status in “xterm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xterm” package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: The Ubuntu 11.10 desktop by default has three terminals in the Dash labeled respectively as: Terminal, XTerm, and UXTerm. This is rather confusing for users who are told to just run a terminal. XTerm and UXTerm share a rather old, outdated icon and very few users will prefer using them to using the standard, full-featured GNOME Terminal. XTerm apparently is used by Ubuntu's failsafe mode and so must be present by default. My Proposed fix: 1.Add NoDisplay=true to the end of these 2 files: sudoedit /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop sudoedit /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop 2. Run sudo update-desktop-database 3. Log out and log back in. 4. Type "term" into the Dash, xterm and uxterm should not show. 5. Close the dash and type Alt+F2, now type "xterm" and "uxterm". The app shows with its icon. When run, the icon will show in the launcher and the Alt-Tab switcher. This fixes the problem mentioned in comment #10. When the app is running, it's also possible to right-click on the app to lock to launcher in Unity or add to favorites in GNOME Shell. If you're using GNOME Classic, you can easily use Alacarte to unhide xterm. This should be a good compromise between most users who don't need the clutter of the extra terminals and the ones who actually do want to run xterm. Also xterm has been hidden by default for many releases now and I personally consider their presence now a UI regression, not an improvement. --Jeremy Bicha To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/129041/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
