Re: Disable close button on gnome-terminal

[tom <tom osageinc com>]

Daniel,

I like this...  Thanks

Tom Lamm

On 12/07/04 16:22:04, Daniel F Moisset wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 10:42, tom wrote:
> > I do not contribute to this list or this project as much I would like, so  
> I
>
> > usually sit on my hands. I have been using Gnome as my sole desktop for
> couple
> > of years now.
> >
> > Please, do not make me confirm that I really want to close the terminal
> every
> > time. Yes, I do sometimes shoot myself in the foot, that reinforces in me
> the
> > need to be more careful.
> >
> > If I lose this argument, at least tie the confirmation to the close  
> button.
> If
> > I type "exit", take me at my word.
>
> Yes, I agree completely.
>
> What I think would be necessary is just adding an option (may be hidden
> in gconf)to handle delete_event with a dialog. If the application
> (shell) inside the terminal exists, the current behavior (close or
> restart) should be kept.
>
> Perhaps a smarter check could be done... assuming the terminal is
> running a shell, is normally safe to close it when the shell has no
> child processes.
>
> If running something that is not a shell, the situation is different;
> for example a Profile which runs pine should not be allowed to be closed
> without confirmation (unless the app exits by itself, obviously).
>
> I think a good solution would be having an option:
> - Process in terminal is a shell
> - Process in terminal is an application
> - Process in terminal is not important :)
>
> In the first case, close from WM or menu should request confirmation
> only if the shell has child processes. In the second case, always. In
> the third case, never.
>
> If you like that proposal, I'll file it as a bug in bugzilla.
>
> 	Daniel
>
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom Lamm
> >
> >
> > On 12/07/04 05:13:13, Julien Olivier wrote:
> > >
> > > > This confirmation dialog exists since 2.8.
> > >
> > > On gnome-terminal 2.9.2, I get this message only if the terminal had at
> > > least two open tabs. I think what he wants is to have this dialog even
> > > if you only have one tab opened.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Julien Olivier <julo altern org>
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