Linux Terminator

NAME

Terminator - Multiple GNOME terminals in one window

SYNOPSIS

terminator [options]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents Terminator, a terminal emulator(模拟器) 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.

KEYBINDINGS

The following keybindings can be used to control Terminator:

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Split terminals window

- Ctrl+Shift+E    #Split terminals Vertically.
- Ctrl+Shift+O    #Split terminals Horizontally. char o

Resize windows size

- 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.

Move mouse cursor

- 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.

Close

- Ctrl+Shift+W #Close the current terminal.
- Ctrl+Shift+Q #Quits Terminator

Toggle

- F11          #Toggle 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).

Rotate

- Super+R         #Rotate terminals clockwise.
- Super+Shift+R   #Rotate terminals counter-clockwise.

Edit

- Ctrl+Shift+S        #Hide/Show Scrollbar.
- Ctrl+Shift+C        #Copy selected text to clipboard
- Ctrl+Shift+V        #Paste clipboard text
- Ctrl+Shift+F        #Search within terminal scrollback

Tab operator

- Ctrl+Shift+T        #Open new tab
- Ctrl+PageDown       #Move to next Tab
- Ctrl+PageUp         #Move to previous Tab
- Ctrl+Shift+PageDown #Swap tab position with next Tab
- Ctrl+Shift+PageUp   #Swap tab position with 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

Reset

- Ctrl+Shift+R    #Reset terminal state
- Ctrl+Shift+G    #Reset terminal state and clear window

Group Operator

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

Edit In Terminals

- CTRL + U          # cut before cursor
- CTRL + K          # cut after cursor to end of line
- CTRL + W          # cut word before cursor

- CTRL + Y          # paste
- Shift + Insert    # paste to terminal

- ALT + Backspace   # delete previous work

- CTRL + E          # move cursor to end of line
- CTRL + A          # move cursor to head of line

- ALT + F           # jump next space
- ALT + B           # jump previous space

Other

- Super+Shift+T   #Remove grouping from all terminals in the current 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

Mouse

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.

Perference

Please use mouse right menus;

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

-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.