--tab Doesn't Work

[machineghost]

I recently updated my Linux distro (Linux Mint), and got the latest(?) version of mate-terminal, version 1.10.0. However, I discovered a bug in it.

When I run mate-terminal --tab from inside a mate-terminal, it should open up a new tab in the existing terminal:

  --tab  Open a new tab in the last-opened window with the  default  pro‐
         file

However, it doesn't; instead it opens up an entirely new instance of mate-terminal (ie. a new window).

[raveit65]

confirmed in fedora 22,
--tab does the same as --window.
As a workaround until it is fixed you can use 'crtl+shift+t' which is much faster ;)

[flexiondotorg]

I submitted a patch for this ages ago. Perhaps it never made master, just 1.8?

[machineghost]

As a workaround until it is fixed you can use 'crtl+shift+t' which is much faster ;)

That's a great workaround if you are manually starting the tab. However, if you're trying to write a script which programmaticlly starts several tabs at once (eg. to start a bunch of servers) then you're stuck with a script that generates a ton of open windows.

[raveit65]

Indeed the commit is in master 71204c2d
which closed
#45
PS: this is also broken in gnome-terminal

[monsta]

It's weird but I confirm it's broken in 1.10 while it works in 1.8.1...

[raveit65]

ok, the regression was included somewhere between 1.9.0 and 1.9.1 release

[monsta]

Ok, git bisect told me that bf0b2df is the commit that broke it.

[raveit65]

@machineghost
If you can't rebuild mate-terminal for yourself please open a report in linuxmint and ask for adding the fix there. m-t has only one new commit since latest release.

[machineghost]

@raveit65 I could rebuild mate-terminal, but years of using Linux have given me a healthy fear of straying away from the safety of package management :) I will file a Linux Mint ticket though.

Thanks so much for the quick response!

[monsta]

This might help you with patching and rebuilding .deb packages:

https://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/12/15/howto-to-rebuild-debian-packages/
https://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/07/04/how-to-prepare-patches-for-debian-packages/

[dancingfrog]

@machineghost Can you post a link to your bug report so we can follow it?

[machineghost]

Sure thing. When I went to file mine previously I found a similar ticket already existed, so I didn't actually file my own. However, when I went back to find that ticket (so I could link it here) I wasn't able to, so I just wound up filling a new ticket:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1505379