Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: roxterm
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
roxterm:
Installed: 1.18.0+svn13-1
Candidate: 1.18.0+svn13-1
Note this is on the beta I'm testing per wishlist bug 509544. I also
tried testing using stock ROXTerm 1.0.8 on Hardy, but in that case View
> Zoom in had no effect at all.
Problem: Font and window sizes get odd fast when using zoom and tabs.
To reproduce: Open ROXTerm, CTRL++ a few times to zoom in, open a new
tab. The font in the new tab will be significantly larger than the tab
we just left. Opening a new tab again makes it even worse. Yet, using
a 'roxterm --tab' command from within a zoomed tab opens a new tab with
the default font. Also, I had some cases where the window size changed
wildly (presumably to try to keep X rows and Y columns with a larger
font), but now I can't reproduce that. It may have been because I
changed the default size and then zoomed without having restarted the
terminal.
Use case: hooked up a media PC and was debugging something, but I can't
see the terminal at 1900xwhatever from the couch. I made the font much
larger, then opened some more tabs and things got odd.
Expected: I would personally prefer that all tabs in a given window have
the same zoom setting (i.e., font size), period, and that the window
never change size unless I drag it or change it in the Prefs > Edit
Current Profile > Appearance > Size dialog.
I also understand that zoom setting and window size can easily conflict
and/or become too large to fit on the desktop. However, all of that is
because window size is specified in rows and columns, but zoom makes
those relative. Personally, on a zoom operation, I'd leave the window
size alone, and just change the font within that given window (keeping
the font the same in all tabs in that window). If the user wants to
change window size they can drag the frame or use the size dialog box.
That seems to me to be the principle of least surprise, but it may lead
to confusion about the window size setting due to relative font sizes.
Possible solutions there are to add a note that row/columns refer to the
default font size (AKA zoom setting) only, and that perceived
rows/columns may differ based on zoom. Or a different unit, such as
pixels, could be used instead. I actually don't like that idea, since
other terminals use row/column units and pixels make much less sense
than rows/columns in this context.
** Affects: roxterm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531177
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