Ubuntu Manpage: Terminator - Multiple GNOME terminals in one window

NAME

       Terminator - Multiple GNOME terminals in one window

SYNOPSIS

       terminator [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents Terminator, a terminal emulator application.

       Terminator  is  a  program  that  allows  users  to  set up flexible arrangements of GNOME
       terminals. It is aimed at those who normally arrange lots of terminals  near  each  other,
       but don't want to use a frame based window manager.

OPTIONS

       This program follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two
       dashes (`-').  A summary of options is included below.

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options

       -v, --version
              Show the version of the Terminator installation

       -m, --maximise
              Start with a maximised window

       -f, --fullscreen
              Start with a fullscreen window

       -b, --borderless
              Instruct the window manager not to  render  borders/decoration  on  the  Terminator
              window (this works well with -m)

       -H, --hidden
              Hide  the  Terminator  window  by  default.  Its visibility can be toggled with the
              hide_window keyboard shortcut (Ctrl-Shift-Alt-a by default)

       -T, --title
              Force the Terminator window  to  use  a  specific  name  rather  than  updating  it
              dynamically based on the wishes of the child shell.

       --geometry=GEOMETRY
              Specifies the preferred size and position of Terminator's window; see X(7).

       -e, --command=COMMAND
              Runs  the  specified  command  instead  of  your default shell or profile specified
              command. Note: if Terminator is launched as x-terminal-emulator -e behaves like -x,
              and the longform becomes --execute2=COMMAND

       -x, --execute COMMAND [ARGS]
              Runs  the  rest  of  the  command  line  instead  of  your default shell or profile
              specified command.

       --working-directory=DIR
              Set the terminal's working directory

       -g, --config FILE
              Use the specified FILE for configuration

       -r, --role=ROLE
              Set a custom WM_WINDOW_ROLE property on the window

       -c, --classname=CLASSNAME
              Set a custom name (WM_CLASS) property on the window

       -l, --layout=LAYOUT
              Start Terminator with a specific layout. The argument here is the name of  a  saved
              layout.

       -s, --select-layout=LAYOUT
              Open the layout launcher window instead of the normal terminal.

       -p, --profile=PROFILE
              Use a different profile as the default

       -i, --icon=FORCEDICON
              Set a custom icon for the window (by file or name)

       -u, --no-dbus
              Disable DBus

       -d, --debug
              Enable  debugging  output  (please  use  this  when  reporting  bugs).  This can be
              specified twice to enable a built-in python debugging server.

       --debug-classes=DEBUG_CLASSES
              If this is specified as a comma separated  list,  debugging  output  will  only  be
              printed from the specified classes.

       --debug-methods=DEBUG_METHODS
              If  this  is  specified  as  a  comma separated list, debugging output will only be
              printed from the specified functions. If this is specified in addition to  --debug-
              classes, only the intersection of the two lists will be displayed

       --new-tab
              If  this is specified and Terminator is already running, DBus will be used to spawn
              a new tab in the first Terminator window.

KEYBINDINGS

The following default keybindings can be used to control Terminator:

F1 Launches the full HTML manual.

Creation & Destruction
The following items relate to creating and destroying terminals.

Ctrl+Shift+O
Split terminals Horizontally.

Ctrl+Shift+E
Split terminals Vertically.

Ctrl+Shift+T
Open new tab.

Ctrl+Shift+I
Open a new window. (Note: Unlike in previous releases, this window is part of the
same Terminator process.)

Super+I
Spawn a new Terminator process.

Alt+L Open layout launcher.

Ctrl+Shift+W
Close the current terminal.

Ctrl+Shift+Q
Close the current window.

Navigation
The following items relate to moving between and around terminals.

Alt+Up Move to the terminal above the current one.

Alt+Down
Move to the terminal below the current one.

Alt+Left
Move to the terminal left of the current one.

Alt+Right
Move to the terminal right of the current one.

Ctrl+PageDown
Move to next Tab.

Ctrl+PageUp
Move to previous Tab.

Ctrl+Shift+N or Ctrl+Tab
Move to next terminal within the same tab, use Ctrl+PageDown to move to the next
tab. If cycle_term_tab is False, cycle within the same tab will be disabled.

Ctrl+Shift+P or Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Move to previous terminal within the same tab, use Ctrl+PageUp to move to the
previous tab. If cycle_term_tab is False, cycle within the same tab will be
disabled.

Organisation
The following items relate to arranging and resizing terminals.

Ctrl+Shift+Right
Move parent dragbar Right.

Ctrl+Shift+Left
Move parent dragbar Left.

Ctrl+Shift+Up
Move parent dragbar Up.

Ctrl+Shift+Down
Move parent dragbar Down.

Super+R
Rotate terminals clockwise.

Super+Shift+R
Rotate terminals counter-clockwise.

Drag and Drop
The layout can be modified by moving terminals with Drag and Drop. To start
dragging a terminal, click and hold on its titlebar. Alternatively, hold down
Ctrl, click and hold the right mouse button. Then, **Release Ctrl**. You can now
drag the terminal to the point in the layout you would like it to be. The zone
where the terminal would be inserted will be highlighted.

Ctrl+Shift+PageDown
Swap tab position with next Tab.

Ctrl+Shift+PageUp
Swap tab position with previous Tab.

Miscellaneous
The following items relate to miscellaneous terminal related functions.

Ctrl+Shift+C
Copy selected text to clipboard.

Ctrl+Shift+V
Paste clipboard text.

Ctrl+Shift+S
Hide/Show Scrollbar.

Ctrl+Shift+F
Search within terminal scrollback.

Ctrl+Shift+R
Reset terminal state.

Ctrl+Shift+G
Reset terminal state and clear window.

Ctrl+Plus (+)
Increase font size. Note: This may require you to press shift, depending on your
keyboard.

Ctrl+Minus (-)
Decrease font size. Note: This may require you to press shift, depending on your
keyboard.

Ctrl+Zero (0)
Restore font size to original setting.

Ctrl+Alt+W
Rename window title.

Ctrl+Alt+A
Rename tab title.

Ctrl+Alt+X
Rename terminal title.

Super+1
Insert terminal number, i.e. 1 to 12.

Super+0
Insert padded terminal number, i.e. 01 to 12.

Grouping & Broadcasting
The following items relate to helping to focus on a specific terminal.

F11 Toggle window to fullscreen.

Ctrl+Shift+X
Toggle between showing all terminals and only showing the current one (maximise).

Ctrl+Shift+Z
Toggle between showing all terminals and only showing a scaled version of the
current one (zoom).

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A
Hide the initial window. Note that this is a global binding, and can only be bound
once.

The following items relate to grouping and broadcasting.

Super+T
Group all terminals in the current tab so input sent to one of them, goes to all
terminals in the current tab.

Super+Shift+T
Remove grouping from all terminals in the current tab.

Super+G
Group all terminals so that any input sent to one of them, goes to all of them.

Super+Shift+G
Remove grouping from all terminals.

Alt+A Broadcast to All terminals.

Alt+G Broadcast to Grouped terminals.

Alt+O Broadcast Off.

Most of these keybindings are changeable in the Preferences.

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