[Konsole-devel] recent konsole regressions?

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On May 8, 2010, Kurt Hindenburg wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On May 7, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > hi :)
> > 
> > i've found two recent konsole regressions and i'm not sure if you are
> > aware of them or who might be responsible for them, so i thought i'd ask
> > before filing bug reports so that the reports can be as accurate as
> > possible:
> > 
> > a) sometimes when searching (Ctrl+F), konsole hangs; this may be linked
> > to clearing the scrollback, more input being received and then searching
> > for a string that does not exist ... but i haven't confirmed that
> > completely yet.
> 
> Do happen to have a clear way to duplicate the issue? 

not yet... next time it happens i'll grab a backtrace of where it is spinning 
and file a report.

> Did you notice this
> issues before a few weeks ago or just recently?

it just started happening. i'm a *heavy* user of the search feature, so notice 
when things go sideways with it almost immediately after a new build ;)

> > b) clearing the scrollback used to do the equivalent of Ctrl+L+<clear
> > scrollback>; it no longer does the "Ctrl+L" bit. is this intentional?
> 
> Yes, it is 'Clear Scrollback' only now.  It was thought the user could type
> 'clear' if they wanted.  We are trying to simplify the menus.

simplyfing the menus is good; but this changes the semantics of Ctrl+Shift+x 
.. as konsole devs you are free to make it means what you want, but now i have 
to:

* make sure any app that i'm running in that konsole tab is detached (e.g. 
ctrl+z; bg; or run with &, if it doesn't auto-detach (as kuniqueapps do))

* ctrl+l

* ctrl+shift+x

it's at least one extra keystroke, and sometime several more, to replicate the 
original behaviour which was absolutely great for watching logs and debug 
output.

personally i can't think of a use case where "clear scrollback" would mean 
"but keep what i can currently see on the screen". perhaps you guys have one 
though :)

btw, i don't know if it's been recent work in konsole or what, but the 
application feels much "snappier" now. switching between tabs, for instance, 
had become rather slow ... but it's now back to great. so whatever's happened 
... awesome! :)

> Adding konsole ml for other peoples info.

hi other peoples! :)

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Aaron J. Seigo
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