"Keep terminal open" profile option does not return to prompt
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
In the profile options, under the tab ""Title and command", there is the following option :
When the command is done:
1. Quit the terminal
2. Relaunch the command
3. Keep the terminal open
The first option is what's selected in the default profile.
If I run a command with gnome-terminal -e "<COMMAND>", the windows closes directly after the command is finished - nothing special. When I change the option to keep the terminal open, the window indeed does not close, but it doesn't return to the prompt, meaning that this window is rendered useless. I have found [1] what appears to be a workaround to return to the prompt. Wouldn't it make more sense if that was the behavior of that option - keep the window open after the command is done, AND go back to prompt so that you can continue using this window?
Or if the behavior of having this window that doesn't return to the prompt is the intended behavior, wouldn't it be possible to add a fourth option to keep the terminal open and return to prompt?
| Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote | #1 |
| tags: | added: likely-dup |
| Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Emilien Klein (emilien-klein) wrote | #2 |
this is a long standing issue and one to file upstream at bugzilla.gnome.org by someone interested on the issue. Marking it as confirmed for now.