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Bug 664730 - Run in foreground
Run in foreground
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
[fixed-gsettings]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-11-24 14:02 UTC by Victor Engmark
Modified: 2012-05-03 19:07 UTC
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Description Victor Engmark 2011-11-24 14:02:45 UTC 
As discussed elsewhere (<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576313>, <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/666418>), `gnome-terminal` runs in the background by default. This causes problems for some scripts, like `mailto-mutt`, and is inconsistent with how other terminals (for example `xterm`) work.

Workaround: Use the `--disable-factory` argument. It's not clear from the `man` page which other side-effects this has, but it works.

Suggestion: Run `gnome-terminal` in the background by default.

Impact: Those who need to daemonize `gnome-terminal` will have to do so.
Comment 1 Victor Engmark 2011-11-25 08:25:16 UTC 
D'oh, s/Suggestion: Run `gnome-terminal` in the background/Suggestion: Run `gnome-terminal` in the foreground/
Comment 2 Christian Persch 2012-05-03 19:07:16 UTC 
Fixed on master.