[Konsole-devel] Review Request: "New Tab" action should always open new tab using the default profile

[Kurt Hindenburg]

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Ship it!


I agree with the patch and that a 'Clone Tab' is likely the best way of handling the confusion on what New Tab does.

- Kurt Hindenburg


On Jan. 28, 2012, 2:54 p.m., Jekyll Wu wrote:
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> (Updated Jan. 28, 2012, 2:54 p.m.)
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> Review request for Konsole.
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> Description
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> Currently, "New Tab" action will create new tab using the _defaultProfile of MainWindow. In normal usage, that does not cause differece than using _defaultProfile of SessionManager. However, when "--profile" option is used, _defaultProfile of MainWindow refers to the profile specifed on the command line. So in that case, "New Tab" is more like "Clone Tab".
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> I think "New Tab" should always open new tab using the default profile, no matter what command line options are given. That is the most simple and intuitive behavior. 
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> Another argument is consistency. Since bug 184788 has been fixed, "New Tab" now behaves like "New Tab" in the case of "-e" option, but more like "Clone Tab" in the case of "--profile" option. I think that is only confusing.
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> The patch is simple. However, it is the first step towards getting rid of _defaultProfile from MainWindow. So It is better to discuss the idea first here.
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> My general thought is making "New Tab" action simple and adding "Clone Tab"  action as its complement, as posted in bug 292518 and bug 254976
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> Diffs
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>   src/MainWindow.cpp 745b51f 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/103809/diff/diff
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> Thanks,
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> Jekyll Wu
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