[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #3209: [Terminal] Enhancements (mostly easy)
- From: "bonefish" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:47:16 -0000
#3209: [Terminal] Enhancements (mostly easy)
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Reporter: humdinger | Owner: pulkomandy
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Terminal | Version: R1/pre-alpha1
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All | Blocking:
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Old description:
> This is r28717.
>
> I have a few suggestions to make Terminal more enduser friendly.
>
> 1. See tip: http://betips.net/1997/09/09/customize-bash-keybindings
> I propose to add these lines to inputrc:
>
> {{{
> Control-f: kill-word
> "\e[1~": beginning-of-line
> "\e[4~": end-of-line
> }}}
>
> Which will activate HOME and END keys and deletes the word to the right
> of the cursor with CRTL+F.
> The other lines in that tip refer to international characters which is
> blocked by another old ticket already, #215.
>
> ~~2. The title tab of Terminal's settings panel should be named like the
> menu item envoking it: "Terminal Preferences".~~
>
> ~~3. The colors in the dropdown menu in that panel should be renamed to
> be more enduser friendly:~~
> * Text
> * Background
> * Cursor
> * Text under Cursor
> * Selected Text
> * Selected Background~~
>
> 4. If there is more than one Tab in a Terminal window, ALT+W should only
> close the current Tab, not the whole window with all the tabbed sessions.
> That's what ALT+Q is for.
>
> ~~5. Only the current Tab should be light grey. The others should be
> darker to have the active one stand out.~~
>
> 6. Instead of "Shell 1,2,3" name each Tab "Alt+1, 2, 3" to remind people
> of the switching shortcuts. This should take in account the Menu
> preference setting if anybody uses "CONTROL" instead of "ALT".
>
> 7. A bit more complicated: Have a double-click on the "Alt+1,2,3" Tab-
> label enter editing mode to rename a Tab.
>
> 8. Tabbed-Terminals that are busy could show a little icon in the tab
> that gets removed when the prompt's back.
>
> 9. I'd appreciate to have a checkbox in the "Terminal Preferences" panel
> called "Automatic coloring of new tabs". This will open every new tab
> with a different nicely(!) colored profile.
> The Tab color should reflect each background color.
>
> I think I better stop now... :)
> I have to admit that I'm not the world's heaviest shell user, but these
> are the things I'd find being useful without imposing too much on our
> weathered shell denizens.
New description:
This is r28717.
I have a few suggestions to make Terminal more enduser friendly.
1. See tip: http://betips.net/1997/09/09/customize-bash-keybindings
I propose to add these lines to inputrc:
{{{
Control-f: kill-word
"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
"\e[4~": end-of-line
}}}
Which will activate HOME and END keys and deletes the word to the right of
the cursor with CRTL+F.
The other lines in that tip refer to international characters which is
blocked by another old ticket already, #215.
~~2. The title tab of Terminal's settings panel should be named like the
menu item envoking it: "Terminal Preferences".~~
~~3. The colors in the dropdown menu in that panel should be renamed to be
more enduser friendly:~~
* Text
* Background
* Cursor
* Text under Cursor
* Selected Text
* Selected Background~~
~~4. If there is more than one Tab in a Terminal window, ALT+W should only
close the current Tab, not the whole window with all the tabbed sessions.
That's what ALT+Q is for.~~
~~5. Only the current Tab should be light grey. The others should be
darker to have the active one stand out.~~
~~6. Instead of "Shell 1,2,3" name each Tab "Alt+1, 2, 3" to remind people
of the switching shortcuts. This should take in account the Menu
preference setting if anybody uses "CONTROL" instead of "ALT".~~
~~7. A bit more complicated: Have a double-click on the "Alt+1,2,3" Tab-
label enter editing mode to rename a Tab.~~
8. Tabbed-Terminals that are busy could show a little icon in the tab that
gets removed when the prompt's back.
9. I'd appreciate to have a checkbox in the "Terminal Preferences" panel
called "Automatic coloring of new tabs". This will open every new tab with
a different nicely(!) colored profile.
The Tab color should reflect each background color.
I think I better stop now... :)
I have to admit that I'm not the world's heaviest shell user, but these
are the things I'd find being useful without imposing too much on our
weathered shell denizens.
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Comment (by bonefish):
- 4 is done.
- 6 you can do yourself by setting the tab title pattern in the settings
respectively. I find the (now) current default more useful, though.
- 7 is done.
- 8 can be implemented only with the shell's help I guess. I haven't
checked what Adrien has done in this respect. Personally I don't find this
feature interesting enough to implement it, but if someone else feels like
implementing it and it doesn't get in the way...
- 9 is something I can only frown upon. ;-)
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/3209#comment:24>
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