Terminal (emulator)

Table of Contents Overview Gnome terminal shortcuts Terminator shortcuts Settings run command on startup Tilix

Overview

It emulates a video terminal.

List:

• get current terminal: ps -p $(ps -p $$ -o ppid=) o args=
  • gnome: gnome-terminal
  • terminator: terminator
  • XFCE: xfce4-terminal
• set default terminal: sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator

Terminals:

• GNOME terminal (default on Ubuntu)
• Terminator
• ITerm on Mac
• terminal emulator Full list here

Shortcuts:

• on copy/paste between UI and terminal, see here
• on cursor move, see here

Gnome terminal

shortcuts

Full list

List:

• new terminal: Ctrl Alt T
• new tab: Ctrl Shift T
• focus on tab: Ctrl PageUp/Down
• focus on tab: Alt (to get N, you'll need Shift)
• close tab: Ctrl Shift W

Text:

• copy: Shift Ctrl C or mouse selection
• paste: Shift Ctrl C or mouse middle button

Terminator

Config file: /home/<USER>/.config/terminator

shortcuts

cheat sheet

List:

• New terminal: Ctrl Alt T
• New terminal tab: Ctrl Shift T
• Focus on tab: Ctrl PageUp/Down

Split:

• vertical: Ctrl Shift E
• horizontal: Ctrl Shift O
• navigate: Alt + Arrows

Empty terminal: Ctrl+Shift+G

Settings

List:

• infinite scrollback:

  [[default]]
    scrollback_infinite = True

Create layout using yaml here

run command on startup

Create a layout with custom command, then - to launch it, run terminator -l <LAYOUT_NAME> - set it as the default layout

If you need to interrupt custom command without closing the terminal, see here

Add to zshrc

echo $INIT_CMD
if [ ! -z "$INIT_CMD" ]; then
    OLD_IFS=$IFS
    setopt shwordsplit
    IFS=';'
    for cmd in $INIT_CMD; do
        print -s "$cmd"  # add to history
        eval $cmd
    done
    unset INIT_CMD
    IFS=$OLD_IFS
fi

Change your custom command to

env INIT_CMD="put your command here" zsh

Tilix

See here