#704 --title flag has no effect

[Andy Balaam]

Also reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxterminal/+bug/1389588

I am using the Lubuntu daily builds PPA: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily/ubuntu trusty main

Apologies if this is the wrong place to log this.

Run LXTerminal with the --title flag like so:

$ lxterminal -t "My Title"

Expected behaviour: an LXTerminal window opens with the title "My Title".

Actual behaviour: an LXTerminal window opens with the default title (e.g. "user@machine").

This worked as expected until about 1-2 weeks ago.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04

LXTerminal about page reports: LXTerminal 0.2.0

$ apt-cache policy lxterminal
lxterminal:
Installed: 0.1.12~bzr658+201411020131~ubuntu14.04.1
Candidate: 0.1.12~bzr658+201411020131~ubuntu14.04.1
Version table:
*** 0.1.12~bzr658+201411020131~ubuntu14.04.1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.1.11-4ubuntu3 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

I saw the same behaviour before I upgrade today, with this package version:

$ apt-cache policy lxterminal
lxterminal:
Installed: 0.1.12~bzr655+201410271939~ubuntu14.04.1
Candidate: 0.1.12~bzr658+201411020131~ubuntu14.04.1
Version table:
0.1.12~bzr658+201411020131~ubuntu14.04.1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
*** 0.1.12~bzr655+201410271939~ubuntu14.04.1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.1.11-4ubuntu3 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

I'm afraid I don't know the last version number where it did work as expected.

[FinboySlick]

The bug exists in the latest version (0.2.0) so this needs fixing.

An unrelated bug requires work in those areas of the code so it shouldn't be too long.

[Dave Kokandy]

I tested this a little more in a virtual machine, and on a VM with a slow refresh rate, LXTerminal appears to open with its assigned title, but that quickly gets overwritten immediately back to user@host.

This bug is currently still active in 0.1.12~bzr671+201501180117~ubuntu15.04.1 and live in Lubuntu trusty and vivid. Full bug report on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxterminal/+bug/1389588

[FinboySlick]

Fixed in git. Will be part of next release.