GNOME Terminator

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GNOME Terminator
Gnome-Terminator.svg
Gentoo-sway-window-manager.png
Screenshot of the GNOME Terminator
Repository
Written inPython
Operating systemLinux and Unix-like
TypeTerminal Emulator
LicenseGNU General Public License, version 2.0
Websitegnome-terminator.org Edit this on Wikidata
Terminator sample.png
On Gentoo Linux, installing software
Preferences screen: Global tab
Preferences screen: Profile tab

GNOME Terminator is an free and open-source terminal emulator for Linux programmed in Python, licensed under GPL-2.0-only. The goal of the project is to produce a useful tool for arranging terminals. It is inspired by programs such as gnome-multi-term, quadkonsole, etc. In that the main focus is arranging terminals in grids (tabs is the most common default method, which Terminator also supports). Terminator exists in default repositories for Arch,[1] Debian/Ubuntu,[2] Fedora,[3] OpenSUSE,[4] Gentoo,[5] Snap,[6] FreeBSD.[7] In 2017 took second place in voting at opensource.com, after Gnome Terminal.[8] Terminator is not a fork of GNOME Terminal (this last is written in C), It is a development from scratch of Chris Jones, entirely in Python (based on PyGObject to interact with the desktop environment and Python VTE providing a GUI component terminal), but much of the behavior of Terminator is based on GNOME Terminal:.[9]. Terminator began by copying code from the vte-demo.py in the vte widget package, and the gedit terminal plugin (which was useful for authors at figuring out vte's API).

In July 2013, Steve Boddy is the successor to Jones and takes the lead of the project.

The support GTK3+ starts as soon as the end of 2012. The first version supporting GTK3+ is published by the end of 2016.

In April 2020 the project started moving to GitHub,[10] as a fork, due to the lack of activity in Launchpad[11]

Features:[12]

  • Arrange terminals in a grid-like structure[13][14][15][16]
  • Tabs[17]
  • Drag and drop re-ordering of terminals
  • Lots of keyboard shortcuts[18]
  • Save multiple layouts and profiles via GUI preferences editor
  • Simultaneous typing to arbitrary groups of terminals
  • Ability to hide a scrollbar[19]
  • Extensible through plugins

References[]

  1. ^ "AUR (en) - terminator-bzr". aur.archlinux.org. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  2. ^ "Debian -- Details of package terminator in buster". packages.debian.org. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  3. ^ "terminator - Fedora Apps".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "openSUSE Software". software.opensuse.org. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  5. ^ "x11-terms/terminator – Gentoo Packages". packages.gentoo.org. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  6. ^ "Snap packages repository".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "FreshPorts -- x11/terminator: Multiple GNOME terminals in one window". www.freshports.org. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  8. ^ comments, 19 Oct 2017 Jason BakerFeed 1608up 90. "Top 7 open source terminal emulators for Linux". Opensource.com. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  9. ^ Steve, Boddy. "Introduction blog post from the author". Retrieved 2020-07-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ gnome-terminator/terminator, GNOME Terminator, 2020-07-27, retrieved 2020-07-27, In April of 2020 we started moving Terminator to GitHub. A new team wanted to continue the work of the original authors.
  11. ^ "A new home for terminator · Issue #1 · gnome-terminator/terminator". GitHub. Retrieved 2020-07-27. Sadly the old team of Terminator have given up maintaining the project, there hasn't been any activity on Launchpad for years now. As a user and the current maintainer of the package in Debian I have great interest in keeping the project alive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Welcome to Terminator's documentation! — Terminator 2.0 alpha documentation". terminator-gtk3.readthedocs.io. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  13. ^ Mao, Lei. "Gnome Terminator". Lei Mao's Log Book. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  14. ^ "How to Install Terminator, a Linux Terminal Emulator on Steroids". DEV Community. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  15. ^ on, Chamara Madhushan Liyanage. "Too many terminal windows and can't find what's what, well use TERMINATOR | Hacker Noon". hackernoon.com. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  16. ^ "terminator - Multiple GNOME terminals in one window". www.mankier.com. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  17. ^ "Slant - Gnome Terminal vs Terminator detailed comparison as of 2020". Slant. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  18. ^ Maruthamuthu, Magesh (2017-10-31). "Terminator- A Linux terminal emulator to support multiple re-sizable terminal panels in single window". 2daygeek.com. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  19. ^ Arianto, Pungki (2013-11-07). "How to Use Terminator on Linux (Manage Multiple Terminal)". LinOxide. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
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