Add Feature: CTRL-Scroll Zoom

[Lonnie Lee Best]

Terminator is my favorite terminal emulator, but there is one feature my aging eyes would appreciate: CTRL-Scroll-Zoom.

This feature would allow you to adjust the visible size of fonts by simply holding down the CTRL key and scrolling your mouse-wheel.

This feature is common in a lot of applications such as text editors and web browsers, but I've only seen it once in a terminal emulator, see:

       ConEMU for windows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConEmu

I would love to enjoy this feature on my linux desktops and specifically in Terminator.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: terminator 0.97-2ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Mar 23 19:50:56 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-23 (120 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: terminator
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Stephen Boddy (stephen-j-boddy)]

See https://code.launchpad.net/~gnome-terminator/terminator/trunk
revision 1535, committed about three weeks ago.

I must be becoming psychic :-D

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

Maybe so, good timing! It's going to be a great feature.

I can't seem to find anything in Linux that offers it:
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/192109/terminal-emulator-with-ctrlscroll-zoom

Will this update come via Ubuntu 14.04 Software updater soon?

[Stephen Boddy (stephen-j-boddy)]

Unlikely. LTS (even non-LTS) releases don't typically upgrade packages, apart from cherry picked security and serous bug fixes. Terminator is long overdue a new release, but finding time to work on it is tough at the moment

Alternatively, you could set up your apt sources to include the nightly builds. I use them, so they're pretty reliable.

[Stephen Boddy (stephen-j-boddy)]

http://gnometerminator.blogspot.com/p/introduction.html
see the bit abount Installation for Ubuntu. It describes how to activate the nightlies.

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

Yes! I've installed the nightly, and I love it. CTRL-Scroll resizing works great.

[Hicks (hickscorp)]

Hello,

Is there a way to disable this "Bugfix"? I think it's a feature, and any feature should have a way to be enabled and disabled.

It's the only thing preventing me from adopting Terminator right now (Multipoint touchpad here...).

Awesome job on this program.
Doodloo.

[Stephen Boddy (stephen-j-boddy)]

"It'ssss ALIVE!!!!"

Really? The undead is becoming so passé...

[Dylan Aïssi (daissi)]

Fixed since 0.98 in Xenial