[Usability]gnome-terminal 2.x woes

[Jim Stewart <jim fweep com>]

Hi,

Please direct me to the appropriate list if this is not it.

I'm a long-time gnome user, and I've recently upgraded to a bunch of gnome2
apps.  So far my experience has been relatively frustrating.  I really like
the new appearance, but configuration has proved to be difficult at best.
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My biggest complaint is about fonts.  In gnome-terminal 1.x, I could simply
enter the font name that I wanted to use.  I'm a big fan of the oldschool
basic fonts, namely 9x15 and 7x14.  Before, I could just enter "9x15" and get
my font, or run "gnome-terminal --font 9x15".  That doesn't work anymore.  Now
I have to select fonts from the built-in font chooser GUI, and my 9x15 font is
nowhere to be found.  In fact, even though I have about 10 zillion fonts
installed on my sytem, only a very small number are available via the GUI, and
I don't like any of them.

I realize that a font chooser is much more user friendly, but the fact that I
can't just do "--font 9x15" and get my font, or enter it into an input box at
least (as an option, while retaining the font chooser) is not very
user-friendly to people who know what the font is that they want.

Another gnome-terminal issue I have is that I couldn't figure out how to set
the browser it used when you open URLs.  I finally found the setting in
gnome-control-center, but since the only thing this affects, for me, is
gnome-terminal, I hadn't noticed even looked there before.

The font stuff remains a headache.  Can someone help me out?

Thanks,
Jim