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Thread: How to disable warning on exit from gnome-terminal??

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    Question How to disable warning on exit from gnome-terminal??

    Dear All,
    Anybody knows how to get rid of confirmation dialog, which pops up every time when gnome-terminal window is going to close? I'm opening and closing the terminal 100+ times per day, so it is very annoying. This "improvement" only appeared in 9.04 and there is no option to disable warning (at least at GUI level).
    Any ideas?

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    Re: How to disable warning on exit from gnome-terminal??

    you are right, it's quite annoying! I just had a quick look in gconf-editor and tada:
    open gconf-editor -> go to apps -> gnome-terminal -> global -> untick confirm_window_close

    // edit: it does disable the confirmation dialog when closing multiple tabs as well, though.
    Last edited by darthmob; April 30th, 2009 at 09:29 AM.

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    Re: How to disable warning on exit from gnome-terminal??

    I have not noticed this warning you mention about. I will have to check. May be thats because I close the terminal using <Ctrl> + D.

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    Re: How to disable warning on exit from gnome-terminal??

    Quote Originally Posted by kpkeerthi View Post
    I have not noticed this warning you mention about. I will have to check. May be thats because I close the terminal using <Ctrl> + D.
    the warning only pops up when you have got still something running. eg. closing the terminal when showing a manpage.

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    Re: How to disable warning on exit from gnome-terminal??

    It might also be looking at something like Yakuake, I know I couldn't live without it these days.

    It's basically a quake-style terminal that pops down when you press F12 (or whatever you change it to). Press it again and it disappears until you need it again.

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    Re: How to disable warning on exit from gnome-terminal??

    Quote Originally Posted by darthmob View Post
    you are right, it's quite annoying! I just had a quick look in gconf-editor and tada:
    open gconf-editor -> go to apps -> gnome-terminal -> global -> untick confirm_window_close

    // edit: it does disable the confirmation dialog when closing multiple tabs as well, though.
    Thanks a lot! That's what I tried to find!

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    Re: How to disable warning on exit from gnome-terminal??

    Btw, the "minimalistic" philosophy of gnome sometimes becomes too extreme. The user should be able to disable any warnings at GUI level. I would rather consider this omission as a bug.

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    Re: How to disable warning on exit from gnome-terminal??

    Quote Originally Posted by yesint View Post
    Btw, the "minimalistic" philosophy of gnome sometimes becomes too extreme. The user should be able to disable any warnings at GUI level. I would rather consider this omission as a bug.
    Um, unless I missed something, gconf-editor is a GUI application...

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    Re: How to disable warning on exit from gnome-terminal??

    Quote Originally Posted by mb_webguy View Post
    Um, unless I missed something, gconf-editor is a GUI application...
    It is, but many people just don't know that it exists. It is much like running regedit in Window$ - this is not what end user should do. I just don't understand why not to include such option into the preferences of the terminal itself.

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    Re: How to disable warning on exit from gnome-terminal??

    thanks, i hated that warning

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