Public bug reported:

Would be cool if, as on Google Chrome (and probably Chromium in fact)
but also as on Terminal (on OS X), when one tab only left, we can still
use the "Close tab" keyboard shorcut to close this tab, even if the
window is closed then.

Currently if we've many tabs, we can use this shortcut to close all the
tabs, but this behavior is blocked on the last tab and we need to switch
to the "Close window" keyboard shortcut.

This behavior is understandable. However, the last tab is still a tab!
So, it seems normal to allow us to close this (last) tab with the
shortcut "Close tab". It's logical too.

So, "Close window" still is useful, for example to close 10 tabs in one time.
But when we have a window with 1 tab / 1 tab left, as it's a tab, the "Close 
tab" keyboard shortcut is logical to use, even if that will close the window 
then (and terminate the process therefore on Linux).

I used to do this logical behavior on Terminal (on OS X). So visibly, it make 
sense to Apple too, not just me. ^_^
But also on all OS when using Google Chrome: having many windows with many tabs 
in each, and just having to keep my left hand on the "Close tab" keyboard 
shortcut and I can close very quickly all the tabs of the window 3, then on the 
window 2 (that appears because of window 3 was therefore closed), then on 
window 1… until 0 tab left.

OS: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS up-to-date.
Gnome-terminal version concerned: I think all, even probably the one used in 
the Ubuntu 13.10 branch.

** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: close enhancement keyboard last shortcut tab window

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Title:
  When one tab only left, allow us to use the "Close tab" keyboard
  shortcut to close that (even if that'll close the window)

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