Terminator - the cool terminal

[steveneddy]

Do lots of terminal work or want a cool terminal that is easy to set up and amaze your friends?

Terminator is your answer.

Not only a tabbed terminal but the cool feature is that is can be split horizontally and vertically, or both, or split with tabs.

Check out the pics and set up config files:

installed from ppa to get the newest version:

https://launchpad.net/~gnome-terminator/+archive/ppa

Set up the config files in

~/.config/terminator/config

if you don't have a terminator folder in .config then just add it and then open up the terminator folder and create an empty document and name it config.

Add these lines:


background_type = transparent

background_darkness = 0.74

enable_real_transparency = true

scrollbar_position = disabled


save the file

now make a launcher with these settings in the Command area of the launcher properties:


terminator -b -n --geometry 720x450+300+150

This will give you a transparent terminal that launches in the middle of your screen without window borders or a scroll bar.

If you need to move Terminator, since you have no window borders to grab, just Alt+left click grab the terminal and move it wherever you want.

to close, either right click and select "Exit" or simply type exit in the terminal itself and hit Enter.

Have fun


:popcorn:

[Dr Belka]

I was introduced to terminator when I started using Crunchbang, and I have loved it ever since.

[RiceMonster]

It's cool; I like the concept. However, every time I tried to use it, it would flicker when I hit backspace. I'll probably try it again and see if it's still doing it.

[chessnerd]

That's nifty, but I actually prefer the maximize option instead of a mini-terminal in the middle of the screen. However, I'd never heard of Terminator before. I'll give it a try over the next few weeks. Terminator's got a pretty sweet concept and I'm sure I'll find a use for it.

[Nevon]

Looks somewhat neat, but I prefer Guake.

[mobilediesel]

It's cool; I like the concept. However, every time I tried to use it, it would flicker when I hit backspace. I'll probably try it again and see if it's still doing it.

You have to edit ~/.config/terminator/config
and add
audible_bell = true
visible_bell = false
Then it will beep instead of flash. Or you could set both to false so it wont beep or flash.

The only thing I can't figure out in terminator is how to get the delete key to act like a delete key. When I hit delete, it is interpreted as a backspace.

[bluebyt]

Wow thank you, I like the tab feature!

Can I change the color of the active tab?

[Rhapsody]

Looks somewhat neat, but I prefer Guake.
Similar here, but my preference is for Yakuake.

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/5341/yakuake201001302.th.png (http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/5341/yakuake201001302.png)

Being able to press F12 and see a translucent terminal literally drop down from the top of the screen is about as cool as a terminal can be in my opinion.

[Hetor]

GNU Screen + Xfce4-terminal > all

[RiceMonster]

You have to edit ~/.config/terminator/config
and add
audible_bell = true
visible_bell = false
Then it will beep instead of flash. Or you could set both to false so it wont beep or flash.

The only thing I can't figure out in terminator is how to get the delete key to act like a delete key. When I hit delete, it is interpreted as a backspace.

Thanks, that worked.

[dragos240]

Looks rather bland. I actually like the xfce term the best.

[LightB]

Looks somewhat neat, but I prefer Guake.

Same here. It's far more convenient.

[steveneddy]

Wow thank you, I like the tab feature!

Can I change the color of the active tab?

The regular Gnome Terminal has tabs, too, you know.

I don't know how to change the tab colors.

More config options here:


man terminator_config

[dragos240]

The regular Gnome Terminal has tabs, too, you know.



As do most terms these days.

[Daisuke_Aramaki]

rxvt-unicode+tmux for me anyday with dvtm occasionally.

[x33a]

This is pretty good for regular wm/de, but if you are using a tiling wm then this is pointless. also, if you are using screen, then also, not much useful.

[steveneddy]

Works well with Lucid, also.

[NMFTM]

Seems like that would be very useful for when you are trying to read a man page and implement the instructions at the same time. Sure, I guess you could have multiple terminal windows open, especially with a widescreen monitor. But....

[Rodney9]

Guake is terrific, thanks guys, I had never heard of it.

[SciFi-Bob]

Seems like that would be very useful for when you are trying to read a man page and implement the instructions at the same time. Sure, I guess you could have multiple terminal windows open, especially with a widescreen monitor. But....
Well, try tailing several log files, and at the same time have a shell open issuing commands (for example, debugging samba errors..)

it's a MUST!

[Xianath]

Well, try tailing several log files, and at the same time have a shell open issuing commands (for example, debugging samba errors..)


tail -n 0 -f <file1> <file2> <file3> ... <fileN> | tee debugsession | less

[Legendary_Bibo]

For this Guake terminal, do you just have to hit the tilda key and it comes down and you can use whatever?

[slackthumbz]

Maybe I'm just not getting the point, what does terminator do that I can't do in screen? Also screen gives me a persistent session between logins and uses fewer system resources and it'll run in any terminal you could possibly want to use...

[digitalcitizenx]

Maybe I'm just not getting the point, what does terminator do that I can't do in screen? Also screen gives me a persistent session between logins and uses fewer system resources and it'll run in any terminal you could possibly want to use...

OK - what WM? - what is the dock on top? - what is the icon style name?

please

;^)

[slackthumbz]

OK - what WM? - what is the dock on top? - what is the icon style name?

please

;^)

the WM is compiz-fusion in gnome, I've just removed the gnome-panel altogether (requires a little gconf-editor jiggery pokery), the dock is Avant Window Navigator and the icon theme is 'Any Color You Like' from gnome-look.org

[Zorgoth]

+1 for screen

I just use guake, gnome-terminal, and screen mostly.

Guake is great for running a command line process transparent over your whole screen so you can watch its progress while at the same time being bored and also looking at your sudoku or whatever.

Terminator does look moderately cool, and I will look into it though as a possible replacement/addition to gnome-terminal :)

The main advantages over screen would be that
a) you can click to change frames, which is moderately useful, although I normally use the keyboard to do that anyway
b) you don't clutter up your screen sessions with tasks that don't need screen
c) you can scroll with the scroll wheel/touchpad

[Lucradia]

Works well with Lucid, also.

Lol, almost 6 month bump.

[Zorgoth]

OK, ten minutes of experimentation and I am definitely using terminator. It does look like it is a little bit heavier than gnome-terminal, but it seems plenty fast so far.

[doorknob60]

There's two terminals called terminator, here's the other: http://software.jessies.org/terminator/

I thought they were the same for a while...then I realized one was python and one was Java :P Not sure which one is better...

[aikikode]

I agree - Terminator is a very handy tool in Gnome, it's a must-have when it comes to screen splitting (also I must admit KDE konsole also has such feature).

To me it has only one drawback: the style of tabs is not customizable and tab height is too much. But as it is said on its development forum they use GTK theme and not going to override it.