Why is there a tab for MOTD?
Bug #328066 reported by
Siegfried Gevatter
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| screen-profiles (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
|
Dustin Kirkland | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: screen-profiles
I think that the current positioning of the MOTD is suboptimal, because of the following reasons:
a) You don't see it directly, but instead you have to switch over to it.
b) It has its own tab, which takes up space and requires more key presses to switch from one tab to another if you have to go over it.
c) Having it there pushes you to want to look at it and distracts you from your workflow.
Therefore, I suggest showing the MOTD above the shell prompt, and having the shell tab enabled by default (so that you can see the MOTD and start working right away, without having to switch over to it from the menu which you usually don't need).
Related branches
| Changed in screen-profiles: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| Changed in screen-profiles: | |
| assignee: | nobody → kirkland |
| status: | New → In Progress |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in screen-profiles: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
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This bug was fixed in the package screen-profiles - 1.21-0ubuntu1
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screen-profiles (1.21-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
* motd+shell, motd+shell.1: trivial script to print the motd then launch
a shell; manpage accordingly, fixes for LP: #328066
* windows/common: use motd+shell for shell window, drop motd window
* debian/install: install motd+shell
* debian/rules: install motd+shell.1 manpage
* doc/help.txt, screen-profiles: try hard to get the help text to fit
on a tty console screen
-- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:57:37 -0600