User Commands gnome-terminal(1)
NAME
gnome-terminal - terminal emulator for GNOME
SYNOPSIS
gnome-terminal [--tab] [--window] [--tab-with-
profile=profilename] [--window-with-profile=profilename] [-
-active] [--command=command] [--execute=command] [--full-
screen] [--role=role] [--show-menubar --hide-menubar]
[--startup-id=id] [--title=title] [--use-factory --
disable-factory] [--zoom=zoomfactor] [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
gnome-terminal is the GNOME terminal emulation program. It
provides access to the UNIX shell on the GNOME environment.
gnome-terminal supports multiple profiles to allow easy
switching between preferences, and supports tabbing so that
multiple terminals can be managed from a single window. By
default, all GNOME terminals share a single process, reduc-
ing memory usage. This can be disabled by starting gnome-
terminal with the --disable-factory option.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--active
Set the last specified tab as the active one in its win-
dow.
-e, --command command
Executes the command command instead of the shell. This
saves some memory if you just plan to run a dedicated
application on that window.
--disable-factory
Do not register with the activation name server, and do
not reuse an already running GNOME terminal process.
-x, --execute command
This option is provided for compatibility reasons. It is
the same as the --command option.
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--full-screen
Set the last-specified window into fullscreen mode.
Applies to only one window. Can be specified one for
each wwindow you create from the command line.
--hide-menubar
Hide the menubar. This applies only to one window. When
used with multiple --window-with-profile options, it
applies to the --window-with-profile option immediately
to the left. Can be specified multiple times, once for
each --window-with-profile option.
--role=role
The GNOME session manager follows the ICM convention
of using the window title and the window role to iden-
tify specific windows. The session manager uses this
information to put windows back in the same place when
the user restarts their session. If all windows have a
unique title, there is no need to set the role. However,
as it is common for multiple GNOME terminals to have the
same title, the user can also specify the role on the
command line with the --role option. This helps the ses-
sion manager to properly identify and restart each GNOME
terminal (in the same location, and so on). When used
with multiple --window-with-profile options, it applies
to the --window-with-profile option immediately to the
left. Can be specified multiple times, once for each --
window-with-profile option.
--show-menubar
Show the menubar. This applies only to one window. When
used with multiple --window-with-profile options, it
applies to the --window-with-profile option immediately
to the left. Can be specified multiple times, once for
each --window-with-profile option.
--startup-id=id
Set the id for startup notification protocol.
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--tab
Open a new tab in the last-opened window with the
default profile. More than one of these options can be
provided.
--tab-with-profile=profilename
Creates a tab that uses the specified profile. This
argument may be specified multiple times to create mul-
tiple tabs in a terminal. If this is used with multiple
--window-with-profile options, the tab is created for
the window that corresponds to the --window-with-profile
option immediately to the left.
-t, --title=title
Set the title for the GNOME terminal to be title.
--use-factory
Register with the activation name server, and reuse an
already running GNOME terminal process.
--window
Open a new window contianing a tab with the default pro-
file. More than one of these options can be provided.
--window-with-profile=profilename
Creates a GNOME terminal and a tab that uses the speci-
fied profile. This may be used with the --tab-with-
profile option to create additional tabs. Multiple --
window-with-profile options can be specified to create
multiple GNOME terminal windows. All options specified
after an --window-with-profile option apply to that --
window-with-profile option only.
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--working-directory=dirname
Set the working directory for the GNOME terminal to be
dirname.
--zoom=zoomfactor
Set the terminal's zoom factor (1.0 = normal size).
gnome-std-options
Standard options available for use with most GNOME
applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more infor-
mation.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
gnome-terminal is designed to emulate the xterm program pro-
vided by the X Consortium. The xterm(1) program in turn is
an almost-complete emulation of the DEC VT102 terminal.
gnome-terminal supports the same extensions to the VT102 as
those provided by the xterm program, through special escape
sequences. The xterm program is an evolving program. Recent
changes to xterm have been been incorporated into gnome-
terminal. This includes emulation of the newer DEC VT220
escape sequences.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Running the `minicom' terminal emulator on the
window
example% gnome-terminal --command minicom
Example 2: Monitoring the system
example% gnome-terminal --command top
Example 3: Starting two windows with different profiles
example% gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=FirstProfile
--tab-with-profile=SecondProfile --window-with-profile=SecondProfile
In this example, the first window will have two tabs (First-
Profile and SecondProfile) and the second window will have
one tab (SecondProfile).
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment
variables, set by gnome-terminal:
TERM This variable is set to xterm by
default. Some implementations of
curses, and applications based on
curses, may prefer the value to be
xterm-color, color-xterm, or xterm-
debian to support color. Users
might need to change this setting to
one of these values to enable color
for such applications.
COLORTERM This variable is set to xterm. Vari-
ous applications (especially the
Slang-based applications) use this
setting to determine whether the
terminal supports color.
WINDOWID This variable contains the X11 Win-
dow identifier. This is sometimes
used by applications to modify the
contents of this window or provide
special effects.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-terminal Executable for GNOME termi-
nal emulator
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ATRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
ATRIBUTE TYPE ATRIBUTE VALUE
Availability SUNWgnome-terminal
Interface stability Volatile
SEE ALSO
gnome-session(1), xterm(1), vte(1), libvte(3), attri-
butes(5), environ(5) gnome-std-options(5)
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your
platform.
NOTES
Written by Michael Zucchi, Miguel de Icaza, Erik Troan.
Updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004,
2006.
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