From 7795c4b04a59eeac8ed0e2afbe6e8bab4331ecdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stan Janssen <stan@finetuned.nl>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 17:14:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add option to start minimized

Fixes #681: you can start Terminal minimized. Handy when starting
Terminal with a command at login time, but you don't want a window to be
displayed.
---
 src/Application.vala | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Application.vala b/src/Application.vala
index 34a1593f30..b3f644a7b7 100644
--- a/src/Application.vala
+++ b/src/Application.vala
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 public class Terminal.Application : Gtk.Application {
     public int minimum_width;
     public int minimum_height;
+    private bool minimized = false;
 
     private string commandline = "\0"; // used to temporary hold the argument to --commandline=
     private uint dbus_id = 0;
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ public class Terminal.Application : Gtk.Application {
         add_main_option ("working-directory", 'w', 0, OptionArg.FILENAME, _("Set shell working directory"), "DIR");
         // -e flag is used for running single strings as a command line
         add_main_option ("execute", 'e', 0, OptionArg.FILENAME_ARRAY, _("Run a program in terminal"), "PROGRAM");
+        // -m flag starts terminal in a minimized state
+        add_main_option ("minimized", 'm', 0, OptionArg.NONE, _("Open terminal in a minimized state"), null);
         // -x flag is used for using the rest of the command line in the new tab/window
         add_main_option (
             "commandline", 'x', 0, OptionArg.FILENAME, _("Run remainder of line as a command in terminal"), "COMMAND"
@@ -127,6 +130,10 @@ public class Terminal.Application : Gtk.Application {
             options.insert ("commandline", "^&ay", commandline.escape ());
         }
 
+        if (options.contains ("minimized")) {
+            minimized = true;
+        }
+
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -214,7 +221,11 @@ public class Terminal.Application : Gtk.Application {
             window.add_tab_with_working_directory (working_directory, null, new_tab);
         }
 
-        window.present ();
+        if (minimized) {
+            window.iconify ();
+        } else {
+            window.present ();
+        }
         return 0;
     }