1XFCE4-TERMINAL(1)                    Xfce                    XFCE4-TERMINAL(1)
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NAME

6       xfce4-terminal - A Terminal emulator for X
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SYNOPSIS

9       xfce4-terminal [OPTION...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       xfce4-terminal is what is known as an X terminal emulator, often
13       referred to as terminal or shell. It provides an equivalent to the
14       old-fashioned text screen on your desktop, but one which can easily
15       share the screen with other graphical applications. Windows users may
16       already be familiar with the MS-DOS Prompt utility, which has the
17       analogous function of offering a DOS command-line under Windows, though
18       one should note that the UNIX CLI offer far more power and ease of use
19       than does DOS.
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21       xfce4-terminal emulates the xterm application developed by the X
22       Consortium. In turn, the xterm application emulates the DEC VT102
23       terminal and also supports the DEC VT220 escape sequences. An escape
24       sequence is a series of characters that start with the Esc character.
25       xfce4-terminal accepts all of the escape sequences that the VT102 and
26       VT220 terminals use for functions such as to position the cursor and to
27       clear the screen.
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OPTIONS

30   Option Summary
31       Here is a summary of all the options, grouped by type. Explanations are
32       in the following sections.
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34       General Options
35           -h, --help; -V, --version; --disable-server; --color-table;
36           --default-display=display; --default-working-directory=directory
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38       Window or Tab Separators
39           --tab; --window
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41       Tab Options
42           -x, --execute; -e, --command=command; -T, --title=title;
43           --dynamic-title-mode=mode; --initial-title=title;
44           --working-directory=directory; -H, --hold; --active-tab;
45           --color-text=color; --color-bg=color
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47       Window Options
48           --display=display; --drop-down; --geometry=geometry; --role=role;
49           --startup-id=string; -I, --icon=icon; --fullscreen; --maximize;
50           --minimize; --show-menubar, --hide-menubar; --show-borders,
51           --hide-borders; --show-toolbar, --hide-toolbar; --show-scrollbar,
52           --hide-scrollbar; --font=font; --zoom=zoom
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54   General Options
55       -h, --help
56           List the various command line options supported by xfce4-terminal
57           and exit
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59       -V, --version
60           Display version information and exit
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62       --disable-server
63           Do not register with the D-BUS session message bus
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65       --color-table
66           Echo the color codes
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68       --default-display=display
69           Default X display to use.
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71       --default-working-directory=directory
72           Set directory as the default working directory for the terminal
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74   Window or Tab Separators
75       --tab
76           Open a new tab in the last-specified window; more than one of these
77           options can be provided.
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79           If you use this as the first option, without --window separators,
80           the last window will be re-used.
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82       --window
83           Open a new window containing one tab; more than one of these
84           options can be provided.
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86   Tab Options
87       -x, --execute
88           Execute the remainder of the command line inside the terminal
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90       -e, --command=command
91           Execute command inside the terminal
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93       -T, --title=title
94           Set title as the window title for the terminal (ignores
95           dynamically-set title)
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97       --dynamic-title-mode=mode
98           Set mode as the dynamically-set title mode for the terminal, one
99           of: 'replace', 'before', 'after', 'none'
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101       --initial-title=title
102           Set title as the initial window title for the terminal (respects
103           dynamically-set title)
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105       --working-directory=directory
106           Set directory as the working directory for the terminal
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108       -H, --hold
109           Causes the terminal to be kept around after the child command has
110           terminated
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112       --active-tab
113           Makes the terminal active: useful when a terminal window contains
114           multiple tabs
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116       --color-text=color
117           Set color as the text color for the terminal per the following
118           specification:
119           https://developer.gnome.org/gdk3/stable/gdk3-RGBA-Colors.html#gdk-rgba-parse
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121       --color-bg=color
122           Set color as the background color for the terminal per the
123           following specification:
124           https://developer.gnome.org/gdk3/stable/gdk3-RGBA-Colors.html#gdk-rgba-parse
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126   Window Options
127       --display=display
128           X display to use for the last- specified window.
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130       --drop-down
131           Will start the window in drop-down mode (also called a Quake-style
132           terminal). This will only apply to the first window started with
133           this option. It is advised to bind this to a shortcut in the
134           keyboard preferences.
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136       --geometry=geometry
137           Sets the geometry of the last-specified window to geometry. Read
138           X(7) for more information on how to specify window geometries.
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140       --role=role
141           Sets the window role of the last-specified window to role. Applies
142           to only one window and can be specified once for each window you
143           create from the command line. The role is a unique identifier for
144           the window to be used when restoring a session.
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146       --startup-id=string
147           Specifies the startup notification id for the last-specified
148           window. Used internally to forward the startup notification id when
149           using the D-BUS service.
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151       -I, --icon=icon
152           Set the terminal's icon as an icon name or filename.
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154       --fullscreen
155           Set the last-specified window into fullscreen mode; applies to only
156           one window; can be specified once for each window you create from
157           the command line.
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159       --maximize
160           Set the last-specified window into maximized mode; applies to only
161           one window; can be specified once for each window you create from
162           the command line.
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164       --minimize
165           Set the last-specified window into minimized mode; applies to only
166           one window; can be specified once for each window you create from
167           the command line.
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169       --show-menubar
170           Turn on the menubar for the last-specified window. Can be specified
171           once for each window you create from the command line.
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173       --hide-menubar
174           Turn off the menubar for the last-specified window. Can be
175           specified once for each window you create from the command line.
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177       --show-borders
178           Turn on the window decorations for the last-specified window.
179           Applies to only one window. Can be specified once for each window
180           you create from the command line.
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182       --hide-borders
183           Turn off the window decorations for the last-specified window.
184           Applies to only one window. Can be specified once for each window
185           you create from the command line.
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187       --show-toolbar
188           Turn on the toolbar for the last-specified window. Applies to only
189           one window. Can be specified once for each window you create from
190           the command line.
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192       --hide-toolbar
193           Turn off the toolbar for the last-specified window. Applies to only
194           one window. Can be specified once for each window you create from
195           the command line.
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197       --show-scrollbar
198           Turn on the scrollbar for the last-specified window. Scrollbar
199           position is taken from the settings; if position is None, the
200           default position is Right side. Applies to only one window. Can be
201           specified once for each window you create from the command line.
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203       --hide-scrollbar
204           Turn off the scrollbar for the last-specified window. Applies to
205           only one window. Can be specified once for each window you create
206           from the command line.
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208       --font=font
209           Set the terminal font.
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211       --zoom=zoom
212           Set the zoom level: the font size will be multiplied by this level.
213           The range is from -7 to 7, default is 0. Each step multiplies the
214           size by 1.2, i.e. level 7 is 3.5831808 (1.2^7) times larger than
215           the default size.
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EXAMPLES

218       xfce4-terminal --geometry 80x40 --command mutt --tab --command mc
219           Opens a new terminal window with a geometry of 80 columns and 40
220           rows and two tabs in it, where the first tab runs mutt and the
221           second tab runs mc.
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ENVIRONMENT

224       xfce4-terminal uses the Basedir Specification as defined on
225       Freedesktop.org[1] to locate its data and configuration files. This
226       means that file locations will be specified as a path relative to the
227       directories described in the specification.
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229       ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}
230           The first base directory to look for configuration files. By
231           default this is set to ~/.config/.
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233       ${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}
234           A colon separated list of base directories that contain
235           configuration data. By default the application will look in
236           ${sysconfdir}/xdg/. The value of ${sysconfdir} depends on how the
237           program was build and will often be /etc/ for binary packages.
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239       ${XDG_DATA_HOME}
240           The root for all user-specific data files. By default this is set
241           to ~/.local/share/.
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243       ${XDG_DATA_DIRS}
244           A set of preference ordered base directories relative to which data
245           files should be searched in addition to the ${XDG_DATA_HOME} base
246           directory. The directories should be separated with a colon.
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FILES

249       ${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc
250           This is the location of the configuration file that includes the
251           preferences which control the look and feel of xfce4-terminal.
252           Note: any update made to the configuration file via an external
253           editor will be picked up by xfce4-terminal instances running.
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255       ${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}/xfce4/terminal/accels.scm
256           This is the location of the keyboard shortcuts configuration file
257           for xfce4-terminal. Editing this file allows one to modify or
258           disable shortcuts for the supported actions.
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SEE ALSO

261       bash(1), X(7)
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AUTHORS

264       Igor Zakharov <f2404@yandex.ru>
265           Developer
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267       Nick Schermer <nick@xfce.org>
268           Developer
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270       Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>
271       Software developer, os-cillation, System development,
272           Developer
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NOTES

275        1. Freedesktop.org
276           http://freedesktop.org/
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