[09:54] <MauritiusRay> hello, using lubuntu lts focal Im trying to update qterminal to a higher version than my current 14.1.   I tried this: added ppa "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-ci/stable-ci" and "sudo apt update"  I then see a 15 git version available but when I try to full upgrade it wont. so I try to upgrade only qterminal and it tells me it relies on
[09:54] <MauritiusRay> broken dependancy :
[09:55] <MauritiusRay> "Dépend: libqtermwidget5-0 (>= 0.15.0) mais 0.14.1+git201910240002~focal-0ubuntu1~ppa1 devra être installé
[09:55] <MauritiusRay> E: Paquets défectueux"
[09:55] <MauritiusRay> (sorry my console is in french)
[09:56] <MauritiusRay> is there a better way / workaround ?
[10:13] <kc2bez[m]> MauritiusRay: It won't be possible to cherry pick specific packages like that, all the dependencies need to get installed too. That ppa is not intended to be used for production machines.
[10:14] <MauritiusRay> ouch okay, so no way to get higher qterminal version while on LTS
[10:14] <MauritiusRay> ?
[10:14] <kc2bez[m]> To get the new versions you would need to move to a newer release (e.g. 20.10 or in less than a month 21.04)
[10:16] <MauritiusRay> not LTS so I'm left with something buggy until 22?
[10:16] <MauritiusRay> (drop down)
[10:17] <MauritiusRay> is there any as good or better qtbased terminal?
[10:18] <MauritiusRay> I tried CRT and love its look but has no tabs nor dropdown
[10:18] <kc2bez[m]> If there are bugs please report them. We may be able to apply patches to older versions depending on the issue.
[10:19] <MauritiusRay> there s qlso little doc qbout the feature so im not sure its a bug
[10:19] <MauritiusRay> *also
[10:19] <MauritiusRay> *about
[10:21] <kc2bez[m]> If resources are not an issue konsole might be an option.
[10:21] <MauritiusRay> my shortcut for dropdown terminal does not seem to work
[10:22] <MauritiusRay> ressources are an issue, thatś why I picked lubuntu and lxqt
[10:23] <MauritiusRay> I sound like ranting but I'm not... this distribution is awesome. Im just inexperienced to setup my shortcut I guess
[10:23] <kc2bez[m]> So the drop-down terminal does not work with any shortcut? I think by default it is F12
[10:24] <MauritiusRay> Am I right assuming that any qt based program is always a better choice than not on lubuntu lxqt ?
[10:25] <MauritiusRay> I need F12 for my other app main tool
[10:25] <MauritiusRay> so I put something else
[10:25] <kc2bez[m]> Ah, got it. I am not sure I have tried that before.
[10:26] <MauritiusRay> this does somewhat work but is the shortcut supposed to cycle the terminal between hidden and on?
[10:26] <MauritiusRay> because it seemed to open another
[10:27] <kc2bez[m]> it is good to stick with something qt but isn't absolutely necessary. If it uses another toolkit you will need to pull in more libraries.
[10:28] <MauritiusRay> indeed and I like the look and feel of qt bqsed so fqr
[10:28] <MauritiusRay> far
[10:28] <kc2bez[m]> If the the shortcut you picked is used for something else it might cause strange results.
[10:28] <MauritiusRay> checking right now
[10:30] <MauritiusRay> I found absolutely no clue to what the locker Icon does...
[10:31] <MauritiusRay> my shortcut was the only one using that key. I set it back to F12 for better approaching my desired solution
[10:33] <MauritiusRay> so without lock it does hide back but brings a new one every time loosing my content
[10:36] <MauritiusRay> Or is a drop down terminal supposed to kill any current instance every time you hide it?
[10:38] <kc2bez[m]> I don't think it should, no.
[10:40] <kc2bez[m]> It doesn't seem to in my test VM.
[10:41] <kc2bez[m]> I can start htop and roll the terminal up and down and htop is still running.
[10:44] <MauritiusRay> what does the shortcut command look like  :  qterminal -d
[10:44] <MauritiusRay> ?
[10:46] <kc2bez[m]> That is to initially start the dropdown I think. After that is should stay running.
[10:47] <kc2bez[m]> looks like `qterminal --drop` is the command in the desktop file.
[10:47] <MauritiusRay> im using the lubuntu preferences configurable shortcut are you not ?  once there the shortcut has to stay
[10:50] <kc2bez[m]> No, i don't think I set anything there. There is a setting in the qterminal preferences for the roll/up down feature.
[10:50] <MauritiusRay> --drop also works but exactly same result : bringing a new instance once out of two presses (second press does close)
[10:50] <MauritiusRay> ah... ahhhh
[10:50] <MauritiusRay> tryin
[10:52] <MauritiusRay> it removes my shortcut :7
[10:54] <kc2bez[m]> hmm, that is strange. So it changed it back to F12?
[10:55] <MauritiusRay> it makes it empty
[10:55] <MauritiusRay> if I put F12 it stays F12 but doesnt even work
[10:55] <MauritiusRay> also the lock icon is  no longer there
[10:58] <kc2bez[m]> I have to go AFK for my drive to work. If you think you have a bug please file one or you can open up a thread on discourse.lubuntu.me where other folks can chime in too.
[11:00] <MauritiusRay> thanks so far
[11:02] <MauritiusRay> I lost too much time what I want to do is more complex: a drop down with a few vim tabs and a bash to launch esily every time.