Tilix: Display possible variables in Profile information > Terminal Title

[Jiehong]

Hi,

Today, when you edit your profile, you can set the title of the current terminal:

As you can see, by default, “${id}” and “${title}” are used. But there is no way to find out what else could be used!

Of course, the code already has this information:
https://github.com/gnunn1/terminix/blob/984a3af5e360d50daabb530c09756d1ac0d32510/source/gx/terminix/terminal/terminal.d#L172

Solution:
It would be great if the user could have the possibility to see a hint of what is usable.

We could have a folding area that would display something like what EasyTag does (the legend part):

Having a preview could be pretty cool as well, as it isn't clear that “${title}” defaults to displaying the current directory for example.

[gnunn1]

It's covered in the FAQ but I agree that it is something that needs to be more discoverable. Having said that, that EasyTag screen is pretty ugly IMHO.

Perhaps a link to a dedicated online help page next to the combobox would be sufficient?

[phw]

I agree, it should be something nicer than what EasyTag does offer. What about a help link opening a popover?

[gnunn1]

@phw That's a possibility as well. One note to myself, there are four places where these titles work: Session Name, Application Title, Terminal Title and Badge.

[Jiehong]

EasyTag's window isn't a thing of beauty, indeed, but it was the only example that came up to my mind having a similar feature.

The pop-over could be pretty good!
I assume the use could copy/paste from it directly as well.

For the story, when trying to find information about what could be used, I checked:

1. terminix --help
2. man terminix
   2.5 Google
3. Then the Wiki, but I couldn't figure out how to search in it.
4. Search in the code :D

Hopefully, people usually find it a bit more easily than me… haha

[phw]

Now that Terminix has a manpage this is definitely another good place for this info (in addition to the in app help).

[gnunn1]

So I've added some code to support this, here's what it looks like:

[phw]

That looks great, I like it

[Jiehong]

Great job!

Just the "Help | Help" section feels funny.