[Konsole-devel] [Bug 245092] New: tab name changes when no format is specified

[Jim Anderson]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=245092

           Summary: tab name changes when no format is specified
           Product: konsole
           Version: 2.3.2
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konsole-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: jjanderson52000 at yahoo.com


Version:           2.3.2 (using KDE 4.3.2) 
OS:                Linux

I have  been trying to set the name of my tabs to fixed names.


One would think that typing in a name with no tokens would
fix the name of the tab. But this is not the case. The konsole
resets the name of the tabs according to it's own liking, and one
which I have yet to figure out.


In the documentation, I would like to see a statement describing
the behavior for naming a tab when the 'Tab title format' is left
blank, or when a fixed set of characters is entered, i.e. with no
tokens present.


I would also like to see a statement added describing how to
set the name of a tab to a fixed name.


Jim Anderson

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
- select the 'settings' tab in Konsole
- select 'Edit the current profile'
- in 'Edit the Current Profile', select the 'tabs' menu
- in the 'Tab Title Format' box, insert 'Current Directory (Short)'
- click on the 'OK' button
- in the Konsole window enter 'cd $HOME' (note the name of the tab changes to
     the home directory)
- double click on the tab name and the 'rename Tab' window pops up
- enter a name, e.g. MyTab - (NOTE: I expect this to be a fixed tab name now)
- select the 'settings' tab in Konsole
- select 'Edit the current profile'
- in 'Edit the Current Profile', select the 'tabs' menu
- in the 'Tab Title Format' box, delete the existing format (the format box now
    has NO format spec)
- click on the 'OK' button 
- in the Konsole window enter 'cd /tmp' (note the name of the tab goes blank)


Actual Results:  
The 'fixed' name of a tab changes to a blank after changing the format to a
null field

Expected Results:  
When I explicitly name a tab, I expect that the name will be fixed and will not
change or disappear.

I tried reading the Konsole documentation on this subject and I could not
find a description on how to name a tab with a fixed name. In former releases
that I used, once I named a tab, the tab name did not change again unless I
changed the name again. This is the behavior that I expect.

The documentation needs to explain how to name a tab and what effect the
format specified will have. If a format is specified does it override the
current name? This appears to be the case, but I maintain that the format
should be ignored if the user explicitly names the tab.

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