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NAME
~/.config/terminator/config - the config file for Terminator terminal emulator.
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the Terminator config file. Terminator manages its
configuration file via the ConfigObj library to combine flexibility with clear, human
editable files. As of version 0.90, Terminator offers a full GUI preferences editor which
automatically saves its config file so you don't need to write a config file by hand.
FILE LOCATION
Normally the config file will be ~/.config/terminator/config, but it may be overridden
with $XDG_CONFIG_HOME (in which case it will be $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/terminator/config)
FILE FORMAT
This is what a Terminator config file should look like:
# This is a comment
[global_config]
focus = system
[keybindings]
full_screen = <Ctrl><Shift>F11
[profiles]
[[default]]
font = Fixed 10
background_color = "#000000" # A comment
foreground_color = "#FFFFFF" # Note that hex colour values must be quoted
scrollback_lines = '500' #More comment. Single quotes are valid too
cursor_blink = True
custom_command = "echo \"foo#bar\"" #Final comment - this will work as expected.
Below are the individual sections that can exist in the config file:
global_config
These are the options Terminator currently supports in the global_config section:
dbus Control whether or not Terminator will load its DBus server. When this server is
loaded, running Terminator multiple times will cause the first Terminator process
to open additional windows. If this configuration item is set to False, or the
python dbus module is unavailable, running Terminator multiple times will run a
separate Terminator process for each invocation. Default value: True
focus Control how focus is given to terminals. 'click' means the focus only moves to a
terminal after you click in it. 'sloppy' means the focus will follow the mouse
pointer. 'system' means the focus will match that used by a GNOME window manager.
Default value: click
handle_size
Controls the width of the separator between terminals. Anything outside the range
0-20 (inclusive) will be ignored and use your default theme value. Default value:
-1
geometry_hinting
If True the window will resize in step with font sizes, if False it will follow
pixels Default value: False
window_state
When set to 'normal' the Terminator window opens normally. 'maximise' opens the
window in a maximised state, 'fullscreen' in a fullscreen state and 'hidden' will
make it not shown by default. Default value: normal
borderless (boolean)
Controls whether the Terminator window will be started without window borders
Default value: False
tab_position
Defines where tabs are placed. Can be any of: top, left, right, bottom. If this
is set to "hidden", the tab bar will not be shown. Note that hiding the tab bar is
very confusing and not recommended. Default value: top
broadcast_default
Defines default broadcast behavior. Can be any of: all, group, off. Default
value: group
close_button_on_tab (boolean)
If set to True, tabs will have a close button on them. Default value: True
hide_tabbar (boolean)
If set to True, the tab bar will be hidden. This means there will be no visual
indication of either how many tabs there are, or which one you are on. Be warned
that this can be very confusing and hard to use. NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED,
USE tab_position INSTEAD Default value: False
scroll_tabbar (boolean)
If set to True, the tab bar will not fill the width of the window. The titlebars of
the tabs will only take as much space as is necessary for the text they contain.
Except, that is, if the tabs no longer fit the width of the window - in that case
scroll buttons will appear to move through the tabs. Default value: False
try_posix_regexp (boolean)
If set to True, URL matching regexps will try to use POSIX style first, and fall
back on GNU style on failure. If you are on Linux but URL matches don't work, try
setting this to True. If you are not on Linux, but you get VTE warnings on startup
saying "Error compiling regular expression", set this to False to silence them
(they are otherwise harmless). Default value: False on Linux, True otherwise.
use_custom_url_handler (boolean)
If set to True, URL handling will be given over entirely to the program specified
by 'custom_url_handler'. Default value: False
custom_url_handler (string)
Path to a program which accepts a URI as an argument and does something relevant
with it. This option is ignored unless 'use_custom_url_handler' is set to True.
Default value: unset
disable_real_transparency (string)
If this is set to True, Terminator will never try to use 'real' transparency if
your windowing environment supports it. Instead it will use 'fake' transparency
where a background image is shown, but other windows are not. Default value: False
title_transmit_fg_color
Sets the colour of the text shown in the titlebar of the active terminal. Default
value: '#FFFFFF'
title_transmit_bg_color
Sets the colour of the background of the titlebar in the active terminal. Default
value: '#C80003'
title_receive_fg_color
Sets the colour of the text shown in the titlebar of any terminal that will receive
input from the active terminal. Default value: '#FFFFFF'
title_receive_bg_color
Sets the colour of the background of the titlebar of any terminal that will receive
input from the active terminal. Default value: '#0076C9'
title_inactive_fg_color
Sets the colour of the text shown in the titlebar of any terminal that will not
receive input from the active terminal. Default value: '#000000'
title_inactive_bg_color
Sets the colour of the background of the titlebar of any terminal that will not
receive input from the active terminal. Default value: '#C0BEBF'
title_use_system_font (boolean)
Whether or not to use the GNOME default proportional font for titlebars. Default
value: True
title_font (string)
An Pango font name. Examples are "Sans 12" or "Monospace Bold 14". Default value:
"Sans 9"
inactive_color_offset
Controls how much to reduce the colour values of fonts in terminals that do not
have focus. It is a simple multiplication factor. A font colour that was
RGB(200,200,200) with an inactive_color_offset of 0.5 would set inactive terminals
to RGB(100,100,100).
always_split_with_profile
Controls whether splits/tabs will continue to use the profile of their peer
terminal. If set to False, they will always use the default profile. Default
value: False
putty_paste_style (boolean)
If set to True, right-click will paste the Primary selection, middle-click will
popup the context menu. Default value: False
smart_copy (boolean)
If set to True, and there is no selection, the shortcut is allowed to pass through.
This is useful for overloading Ctrl-C to copy a selection, or send the SIGINT to
the current process if there is no selection. If False the shortcut does not pass
through at all, and the SIGINT does not get sent. Default value: True
enabled_plugins
A list of plugins which should be loaded by default. All other plugin classes will
be ignored. The default value includes two plugins related to Launchpad, which are
enabled by default to provide continuity with earlier releases where these were the
only substantial plugins available, and all plugins were loaded by default.
Default value: "LaunchpadBugURLHandler, LaunchpadCodeURLHandler"
keybindings
These are the options Terminator currently supports in the keybindings section:
zoom_in
Make font one unit larger. Default value: <Ctrl>plus
zoom_out
Make font one unit smaller. Default value: <Ctrl>minus
zoom_normal
Return font to pre-configured size. Default value: <Ctrl>0
new_tab
Open a new tab. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>T
cycle_next
Cycle forwards through the tabs. Default value: <Ctrl>Tab
cycle_prev
Cycle backwards through the tabs. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>Tab go_next Move
cursor focus to the next tab. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>N
go_prev
Move cursor focus to the previous tab. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>P
go_up Move cursor focus to the terminal above. Default value: <Alt>Up
go_down
Move cursor focus to the terminal below. Default value: <Alt>Down
go_left
Move cursor focus to the terminal to the left. Default value: <Alt>Left
go_right
Move cursor focus to the terminal to the right. Default value: <Alt>Right
rotate_cw
Rotate terminals clockwise. Default value: <Super>R
rotate_ccw
Rotate terminals counter-clockwise. Default value: <Super><Shift>R
split_horiz
Split the current terminal horizontally. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>O
split_vert
Split the current terminal vertically. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>E
close_term
Close the current terminal. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>W
copy Copy the currently selected text to the clipboard. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>C
paste Paste the current contents of the clipboard. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>V
paste_selection
Paste the current contents of the primary selection. Default value: Unbound
toggle_scrollbar
Show/Hide the scrollbar. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>S
search Search for text in the terminal scrollback history. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>F
close_window
Quit Terminator. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>Q
resize_up
Move the parent dragbar upwards. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>Up
resize_down
Move the parent dragbar downwards. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>Down
resize_left
Move the parent dragbar left. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>Left
resize_right
Move the parent dragbar right. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>Right
move_tab_right
Swap the current tab with the one to its right. Default value:
<Ctrl><Shift>Page_Down
move_tab_left
Swap the current tab with the one to its left. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>Page_Up
toggle_zoom
Zoom/Unzoom the current terminal to fill the window. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>X
scaled_zoom
Zoom/Unzoom the current terminal to fill the window, and scale its font. Default
value: <Ctrl><Shift>Z
next_tab
Move to the next tab. Default value: <Ctrl>Page_Down
prev_tab
Move to the previous tab. Default value: <Ctrl>Page_Up
switch_to_tab_1 - switch_to_tab_10
Keys to switch directly to the numbered tab. Note that <Alt><Shift>1 may need to
be provided as <Alt>! or similar, depending on your keyboard layout. Default
value: Unbound
edit_window_title
Edit the current active window's title Default value: <Ctrl><Alt>W
edit_tab_title
Edit the currently active tab's title Default value: <Ctrl><Alt>A
edit_terminal_title
Edit the currently active terminal's title Default value: <Ctrl><Alt>X
full_screen
Toggle the window to a fullscreen window. Default value: F11
reset Reset the terminal state. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift>R
reset_clear
Reset the terminal state and clear the terminal window. Default value:
<Ctrl><Shift>G
hide_window
Toggle visibility of the Terminator window. Default value: <Ctrl><Shift><Alt>a
group_all
Group all terminals together so input sent to one goes to all of them. Default
value: <Super>g
ungroup_all
Remove grouping from all terminals. Default value: <Super><Shift>G
group_tab
Group all terminals in the current tab together so input sent to one goes to all of
them. Default value: <Super>t
ungroup_tab
Remove grouping from all terminals in the current tab. Default value:
<Super><Shift>T
new_window
Open a new Terminator window as part of the existing process. Default value:
<Ctrl><Shift>I
new_terminator
Spawn a new instance of Terminator. Default value: <Super>i
profiles
These are the options Terminator currently supports in the profiles section. Each profile
should be its own subsection with a header in the format [[name]]
allow_bold (boolean) If true, allow applications in the terminal to make text boldface.
Default value: True
audible_bell (boolean)
If true, make a noise when applications send the escape sequence for the terminal
bell. Default value: False
visible_bell (boolean)
If true, flash the terminal when applications send the escape sequence for the
terminal bell. Default value: False
urgent_bell (boolean)
If true, set the window manager "urgent" hint when applications send the escale
sequence for the terminal bell. Any keypress will cancel the urgent status.
Default value: False
icon_bell (boolean)
If true, briefly show a small icon on the terminal title bar for the terminal bell.
Default value: True
force_no_bell (boolean)
If true, don't make a noise or flash. All terminal bells will be ignored. Default
value: False
use_theme_colors
If true, ignore the configured colours and use values from the theme instead.
Default value: False
bold_is_bright
If true, show bold text with increased brightness. If false, then text boldness can
be controlled by applications independently from the text brightness. Default
value: False
background_color
Default colour of terminal background, as a colour specification (can be HTML-style
hex digits, or a colour name such as "red"). Note: You may need to set
use_theme_colors=False to force this setting to take effect. Default value:
'#000000'
background_darkness
A value between 0.0 and 1.0 indicating how much to darken the background image. 0.0
means no darkness, 1.0 means fully dark. If the terminal is set to transparent,
this setting controls how transparent it is. 0.0 means fully transparent, 1.0 means
fully opaque. Default value: 0.5
background_type
Type of terminal background. May be "solid" for a solid colour or "transparent" for
full transparency in compositing window managers. Default value: solid
backspace_binding
Sets what code the backspace key generates. Possible values are "ascii-del" for the
ASCII DEL character, "control-h" for Control-H (AKA the ASCII BS character),
"escape-sequence" for the escape sequence typically bound to backspace or delete.
"ascii-del" is normally considered the correct setting for the Backspace key.
Default value: ascii-del
delete_binding
Sets what code the delete key generates. Possible values are "ascii-del" for the
ASCII DEL character, "control-h" for Control-H (AKA the ASCII BS character),
"escape-sequence" for the escape sequence typically bound to backspace or delete.
"escape-sequence" is normally considered the correct setting for the Delete key.
Default value: escape-sequence
color_scheme (boolean)
If specified this sets foreground_color and background_color to pre-set values.
Possible options are 'grey_on_black', 'black_on_yellow', 'black_on_white',
'white_on_black', 'green_on_black', 'orange_on_black', 'ambience',
'solarized_dark', 'solarized_light'. Default value: grey_on_black
cursor_blink (boolean)
Controls if the cursor blinks. Default value: True
cursor_color
Default colour of cursor, as a colour specification (can be HTML-style hex digits,
or a colour name such as "red"). Default value: Current value of foreground_color
cursor_shape
Default shape of cursor. Possibilities are "block", "ibeam", and "underline".
Default value: block
term This translates into the value that will be set for TERM in the environment of your
terminals. Default value: xterm-256color
colorterm
This translates into the value that will be set for COLORTERM in the environment of
your terminals. Default value: truecolor
use_system_font
Whether or not to use the GNOME default monospace font for terminals. Default
value: True
font An Pango font name. Examples are "Sans 12" or "Monospace Bold 14". Default value:
Mono 10
foreground_color
Default colour of text in the terminal, as a colour specification (can be HTML-
style hex digits, or a colour name such as "red"). Note: You may need to set
use_theme_colors=False to force this setting to take effect. Default value:
'#AAAAAA'
scrollbar_position
Where to put the terminal scrollbar. Possibilities are "left", "right", and
"disabled". Default value: right
show_titlebar
If true, a titlebar will be drawn for each terminal which shows the current title
of that terminal. Default value: True
scroll_background (boolean)
If true, scroll the background image with the foreground text; if false, keep the
image in a fixed position and scroll the text above it. Default value: True
scroll_on_keystroke (boolean)
If true, pressing a key jumps the scrollbar to the bottom. Default value: True
scroll_on_output (boolean)
If true, whenever there's new output the terminal will scroll to the bottom.
Default value: False
scrollback_lines
Number of scrollback lines to keep around. You can scroll back in the terminal by
this number of lines; lines that don't fit in the scrollback are discarded.
Warning: with large values, rewrapping on resize might be slow. Default value: 500
scrollback_infinite
If this is set to True, scrollback_lines will be ignored and VTE will keep the
entire scrollback history. Default value: False
focus_on_close
Sets which terminal should get the focus when another terminal is closed. Values
can be "prev", "next" or "auto". Using "auto", if the closed terminal is within a
split window, the focus will be on the sibling terminal rather than another tab.
Default value: auto
exit_action
Possible values are "close" to close the terminal, and "restart" to restart the
command. Default value: close
palette
Terminals have a 16-colour palette that applications inside the terminal can use.
This is that palette, in the form of a colon-separated list of colour names. Colour
names should be in hex format e.g. "#FF00FF".
word_chars
When selecting text by word, sequences of these characters are also considered
members of single words. The hyphen and alphanumerics do not need to be specified.
Ranges can be given as "A-Z". Default value: ',./?%&#:_'
mouse_autohide (boolean)
Controls whether the mouse cursor should be hidden while typing. Default value:
True
use_custom_command (boolean)
If True, the value of custom_command will be used instead of the default shell.
Default value: False
custom_command
Command to execute instead of the default shell, if use_custom_command is set to
True. Default value: Nothing
http_proxy
URL of an HTTP proxy to use, e.g. http://proxy.lan:3128/ Default value: Nothing
encoding
Character set to use for the terminal. Default value: UTF-8
copy_on_selection (boolean)
If set to True, text selections will be automatically copied to the clipboard, in
addition to being made the Primary selection. Default value: False
layouts
This describes the layouts section of the config file. Like with the profiles, each
layout should be defined as a sub-section with a name formatted like: [[name]].
Each object in a layout is a named sub-sub-section with various properties:
[layouts]
[[default]]
[[window0]]
type = Window
[[child1]]
type = Terminal
parent = window0
Window objects may not have a parent attribute. Every other object must specify a
parent. This is how the structure of the window is determined.
plugins
Terminator plugins can add their own configuration to the config file, and will appear as
a sub-section. Please refer to the documentation of individual plugins for more
information.
SEE ALSO
terminator(1), http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html