gnome-terminal ignores the command line options --name and --class

[Diego Luna]

Ubuntu version:

Description: Ubuntu 15.04
Release: 15.04

Package version:

gnome-terminal:
  Installed: 3.14.2-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 3.14.2-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 3.14.2-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://mirrors.coopvgg.com.ar/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Description:

gnome-terminal ignores the command line options --name and --class.
These options are listed with gnome-terminal --help as general gtk+
options. They should set the WM_CLASS property of the terminal window,
so window managers can manage properties of individual windows separately.

The WM_CLASS property can be displayed with the xprop command.

Example:

# gnome-terminal &
# xprop WM_CLASS
(point the cursor on the terminal window)
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "gnome-terminal-server", "Gnome-terminal"

# gnome-terminal --disable-factory --name foo --class bar &
# xprop WM_CLASS
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "gnome-terminal-server", "Gnome-terminal"

Here is how it should be:

# gnome-terminal &
# xprop WM_CLASS
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "gnome-terminal-server", "Gnome-terminal"

#gnome-terminal --disable-factory --class foo --name bar
# xprop WM_CLASS
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "bar", "foo"

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Simon Arlott (sa.me.uk)]

I have a patch for this that restores the original WM_CLASS that would have been set with 14.10 by passing it to gnome-terminal-server.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "0001-Pass-class-value-to-gnome-terminal-server-so-that-wi.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

[Diego Luna (diegorluna)]

The patch provided by Simon Arlott seems to correct the problem, gnome-terminal behaves like expected now.