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tivasyk

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From: Kyiv, Ukraine

Registered: 2015-09-04

Posts: 2

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strange xfce4-terminal behaviour, need advice

i'm using xfce4-terminal in drop-down mode (--drop-down). this used to work just fine with xfce desktop: first w+q launches/focuses the terminal, second hides it etc. than i switched to openbox + tint2, and now the terminal behaves very strangely:

1) first w+q still launches/focuses the terminal as it should, but on the second press the terminal blinks, looks like it hides and gets re-focused immediately;

2) when i try to launch a continiously running app in a fullscreen xfce4-terminal e.g. xfce4-terminal --fullscreen --command cmatrix) it opens and than closes immediately with 0 exit code; however if run without --fullscreen option the command runs ok.

both issues happen 90% of time, but every once in a while the terminal will hide normally and will not close immediately in fullscreen. i've tried deleting xfce4-terminal config (.config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc), logging out/in, restarting completely the pc, but this strange behaviour persists. i must fix this. will appreciate advice.

zivziv

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From: Florida, USA

Registered: 2010-02-05

Posts: 49

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Re: strange xfce4-terminal behaviour, need advice

Hi, do the problems persist with the latest terminal release?

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,791

Re: strange xfce4-terminal behaviour, need advice

zivziv,

I doubt that tivasyk is still fighting this problem a year on.  Although they have but one post, I see they have logged on recently, so perhaps I could be wrong.
Never-the-less, I am going to close this old thread and suggest that, if you've this issue, go ahead and open a new thread that you will own.

tivasyk, 

If I was wrong, let the moderators know using the report link and drop us a short note.  We can reopen the tread.

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