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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: konsole patch to disable argument inheriting by new sessions by default
From:       Antonio Larrosa =?iso-8859-1?q?Jim=E9nez?= <larrosa () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-08-01 0:29:53
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El Mar 31 Jul 2001 04:30, Chris Machemer escribió:
> But you _can_ run other konsole windows from one that you started this
> way (ie with a -e command)  You just need to pick the session type from
> the menu rather then just clicking the new button.
>

Yes, I know, but people expect a single click to open a shell, so the 
current situation is confusing.

> I implemented this due to multiple wishlist requests, not just cuz I
> personally thought it was "the right way" for konsole to behave.  I
> suppose it really is a matter of a) taste, and b) all the people who
> expect konsole to behave the way it always has...the new button opens a
> shell and that's it.

Exactly. In any way, note that my patch doesn't completely disable your 
feature. It just makes it configurable (and disabled by default)

>
> But the thing that people most often complained about was not getting
> -ls carried through to new sessions.  Would it be completely confusing
> to allow -ls to carry forward, but not do that with -e?

I think that would be acceptable too. But you'll have to do it fast, as I 
think (and it seems others too) that it should be fixed for 2.2 .

Greetings,

--
Antonio Larrosa Jimenez
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SuSE Labs developer - larrosa@suse.de
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