Public bug reported:
gnome-terminal's man pages describes option --geometry as:
--geometry=GEOMETRY
X geometry specification (see "X" man page), can be specified
once per window to be opened.
which is basically size in pixels and a position in the format
WIDTHx‐HEIGHT+XOFF+YOFF, e.g. 1280x720+0+0
However, gnome-terminal --help-all describes --geometry as:
--geometry=GEOMETRY Set the window size; for example:
80x24, or 80x24+200+200 (COLSxROWS+X+Y)
in other words, as columns by rows of text.
Currently gnome-terminal in an updated 14.04 works following the latter
definition, i.e., --geometry describes columns and rows of text.
Regards.
Extra info:
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
$ apt-cache policy gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal:
Installed: 3.6.2-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.6.2-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
P.S.: I believe these 2 bugs are related but they only notice the problem with
the man page.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/876311
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/876307
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gnome-terminal 3.6.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-48.80-generic 3.13.11-ckt16
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-48-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Nov 8 02:36:50 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-19 (537 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug manpage third-party-packages trusty
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contradictory geometry description
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