Re: [Usability] Are the gnome-terminal's Profiles really necessary?

["Matthew Nuzum" <newz bearfruit org>]

On Dec 5, 2007 4:45 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com> wrote:

> Having preferences profiles strikes me as very unnecessary here. Don't
> get me wrong, I see the benefit of changing some behaviours of the
> terminal for certain uses, but "most users" (assuming the average
> user, some day, is not tech-savy) are not going to care.

> ...

I don't know why gnome-terminal profiles exist, and I'd like to read
descriptions from people who use them of what they use them for.

We should be careful of not trying to design software to cater for
people who are never going to use it anyway.

I use profiles to keep track of different hosts. The background for normal host is dark black with just a hint of blue. The background for *CRITICAL* host is dark black with just a hint of red. It makes it very easy to tell when you've got the wrong one.

I wish profiles were easier to use, as in that I could change the profile for the terminal from the command line inside the terminal. This way, I could alias a command or ssh connection so that it always uses a specific profile. Right at the moment, the best I can do is launch a new tab or window with a specific profile.

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Matthew Nuzum
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