Hi, I am using Gnome 2.14 as part of Ubuntu 6.06 and am very pleased in general. There is one specific little annoyance but first a few words about how I set Gnome terminal up. I have a saved session (which I had difficulty doing) with an open Gnome terminal with 4 tabs semi didicated to several uses: o cmd line o editor o ssh to shell account on the net (where I use Pine) o aux cmd line I generally keep these 4 tabs open thruout a session. It is amazing how much I depend on the relative location of the tabs. Occasionally when I click a terminal tab (I often switch between them and a browser etc) I hit the close button on the tab by mistake. There is no confirmation on the intent to close the tab. Particularly in the case of the editor this can be quite disconcerting. If I then re-open a tab with the profile that was accidentally closed it is usually out of order; another nuisance. I wish there were a a confirmation popup or a configuration item to suppress this button. --- Considering hacking a version without the button --- I do not know the C language and am not a programmer skilled at modifying programs like those in Gnome. I do not have formal computer science training. I'm sort of an advanced hobbiest with more pre Linx skills who still finds Linux a challenge. I have seldom compiled Linux programs tho I have used assemblers and compilers elsewhere - mostly Msdos based 10+ years ago. I was intimidated by installing software til Synaptic came along. I have done a fair amount of programming (in Forth "embedded systems" - tho little in last 10 years). I could learn some C. I've considered learning Python so I could understand Mailman source code. I find it ironic that now that I am using OSS software (Linux since 1999) I have not been able to take advatage of it's availability (due to mys skills and it's complexity). I've been pondering whether I could learn enough to disable thos pesky buttons - partly as a way of dipping my toes into modifing OSS for my own use. I did get gnome-terminal-2.14.2.tar.bz2 and have been looking around the files. So far I am bewildered. I have found very little explanation of the software and comments are very minimal. Is this typical? Anyway I'm looking for advice as to whether to pursue this. How many subscribers to this list have modified an OSS program? Is there other documentation that would get me started in understanding the Gnome terminal source?. Is Gnome terminal a resonable place to start playing? Fred -- Fred H. Olson Minneapolis,MN 55411 USA (near north Mpls) Communications for Justice - My new listserv org. UU, Linux My Link Page: http://fholson.cohousing.org Ham radio:WB0YQM fholson at cohousing.org 612-588-9532 (7am-10pm Central time) _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
