Closing terminal window with exit?

[aaronvegh]

Hi there!
I was wondering if anyone else was annoyed at the fact that the terminal window doesn't close when you type "exit" into it. This is the behaviour I'm expecting thanks to using the command line in *NIX and Windoze. It's a really geeky request, but I like the capability of typing that "exit" and having the window vanish, because it makes the terminal seem like a more integrated part of the OS rather than just another application.

Is there any way for me to hack Terminal to close on "exit"?

Thanks,
Aaron.

[mervTormel]

in terminal app, have you tried:

menu Terminal->Preferences...

[ Shell ]

When the shell exits:

(•) Always close the window

?

[Auricchio]

That preference will close the window from which you exit, but it will not cause the Terminal app to quit. For that, you still have to use the menu and quit.

[aaronvegh]

thanks for the help! I don't know why I never looked in the prefs. Dumb!

I can take the fact that it doesn't quit the app...given how long it takes Terminal to launch, this is probably a Good Thing. :-)

Cheers,
Aaron.

[xchanyazy]

aaron -
try cleaning up your fonts folders, especially your classic one. You could see a huge decrease in launching time for the terminal.

[mervTormel]

aaron, you might also consider opening several terminal windows, and just hiding the app when your done with it for a while, rather than closing them down, which destroys their context.

i generally have more than three shell windows open, one for production work, one for man pages, one for playing/testing, and open others as the need arises. once you get comfortable with shell, it's a lot easier to open new shell windows for a different context. e.g., i want to read the man pages of a command and also, the info pages. switching shell windows by command-arrow(left, right) is handy.

[aaronvegh]

cool man. thanks!

you guys are money. :-)