Comment 3 for bug 1518693

I'm not entirely convinced by this. The problem is menu growth, and trying very hard to keep this menu small. People all want to add items to the menu (i.e. https://code.launchpad.net/~thayne-l-h/terminator/layout_menu/+merge/278250 with adding a layout sub-menu when we have the Layout Launcher window already).

For me I think one of (the?) unique points of Terminator is the ability to have multiple terminal views, without having a mess of additional windows. A single window with tabs (ala Gnome-Terminal) gives multiple terminals in a single window, but restricts you to one terminal view at a time. XTerm only gives you multiple windows, but is a mess on the screen/taskbar. Terminator gives multiple terminal views gathered in a single window. On top of that we have new tabs in the menu. We can provide multiple Windows too, but for a novice, they are not what sets Terminator apart. They are there and available, just not front and centre.

I'll leave this open as a wishlist, and maybe revisit this if public opinion manages to sway me.

Note to self: The last hunk of the patch affixed to lp:1520705 would also need applying if this patch get's applied, so profile is inherited if set.