Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] console: allow VCs to be overridden by UI

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> This would require touching a fair bit of code that handles things like
> defaults.  I'm not sure that having the distinction makes anything
> easier to implement.

/me suggests to simply have no default terminals with qemu -gtk.

> One thing I was contemplating but ultimately didn't do was QOM-ification
> of the GTK front end.  I couldn't rationalize why you would need to set
> settings but now I think maybe it would be more useful.

With a vte chardev you have an object you can attach settings to, i.e.
-chardev vte,mode={tab,window}.

cheers,
  Gerd