"Use VTE titles for tab names" and "Run command as a login shell" options don't work

[hotice]

The "Use VTE titles for tab names" (Preferences > General tab) and "Run command as a login shell" (Preferences > Shell tab) options don't work and are reset each time you access the preferences.

You can notice this by changing the options I mentioned above via the Guake Preferences window, then closing and re-opening the preferences ("Use VTE titles for tab names" remains enabled and "Run command as a login shell" can't be enabled).

Changing these options via gconf-editor works though.

[gsemet]

thanks for this report

[michaelstephens]

+1. I also experience the resetting options for the "Open new tab in current directory" (Preferences > Shell tab)

[cmolina]

From Arch docs:

you can adjust many of the Guake preferences with gconf-editor tool under apps > guake

There is a checkbox you can use: use_login_shell as a workaround.

[michaelstephens]

There is, however, no gconf option (that I have found) to open a new tab in current directory.

[JasonXJ]

@mikestephens I found a workaround for this. Add a boolean key "open_tab_cwd" and set it to True in gconf:/apps/guake/general

[gsemet]

nice one!

[michaelstephens]

@JasonXJ thank you so much! Worked perfectly! You are the best!

[MaximilianoFelice]

+1. I can confirm buggy behaviour in Ubuntu 15.04.

Still, @camolin3 solution worked like a cham. Thank you! Really.

[tirkarthi]

The issue is similar to #619 and #622 where the prefs.glade doesn't have the appropriate handlers in the xml. I will check on the other half where "Use VTE titles for tab names" is also resetting to see if its the same issue.

[tirkarthi]

It seems the opposite here for "Use VTE titles for tab names", prefs.glade had the handler but the appropriate handler is not present in guake/prefs.py. I have added the appropriate setter method and verified the same. Hence attaching a PR for the same.

[katastic]

Ever since I updated to the newest version of Guake (awhile back), I no longer have tab names. I turn on VTE and login as shell but it doesn't do anything. And my computer doesn't even have gconf (though I found the directory in ~/.gconf), I have dconf and it doesn't list any Guake specifics.

Running version 0.8.10.

Can someone point me to some documentation or instructions or something for understanding why "VTE" is used for titles, and how/where it could break?

I keep Googling (on numerous occasions) but this thread is basically the only thing that even shows up related to the topic. guake -r [new tab name] works fine. But it's not automatic.

[edit] I just ran a clean pull of the repo and build and installed. same problem. Also--not sure if this is a clue or not--but it doesn't appear to abbreviate directory paths even with that option selected. Paths basically just continue into the GUI widget edge clips them.

My current titles are:
username@computername: ~/Desktop/my/path/is/[CLIP]
And loading a program does not change this.

[katastic]

FYI, I can confirm that abbreviations DO work now. So I must have mis-tested that. However, the VTE still definitely doesn't work. Loading any program or doing any command definitely doesn't change the tab name other than the directory path. As far as I know, no system changes have happened.