{"id":9535,"date":"2019-02-10T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=9535"},"modified":"2019-02-10T23:19:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T23:19:00","slug":"terminator-0-97-a-terminal-emulator-to-manage-multiple-terminal-windows-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/terminator-0-97-a-terminal-emulator-to-manage-multiple-terminal-windows-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Terminator 0.97 \u2013 A Terminal Emulator to Manage Multiple Terminal Windows on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terminator<\/strong>\u00a0is a terminal emulator released under\u00a0General Public License<\/strong>\u00a0and is available for\u00a0GNU\/Linux<\/strong>Platform. The application program lets you use multiple splitted and resized terminals, all at once on a single screen similar to\u00a0tmux<\/strong>\u00a0terminal multiplexer.<\/p>\n

How it is Different<\/h3>\n

Having multiple Gnome Terminal in one window in a very flexible manner is a plus for Linux nerds.<\/p>\n

Who Should use It<\/h3>\n

Terminator is aimed at those who normally arrange lots of terminals near each other, but don\u2019t want to use a frame based window manager.<\/p>\n

What are its Features<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Automatically logs of all the terminal sessions.<\/li>\n
  2. Drag and Drop features for text and URLs.<\/li>\n
  3. Horizontal scrolling is supported.<\/li>\n
  4. Find, a function to search for any specific text within the terminal.<\/li>\n
  5. Support for UTF\u00ad8.<\/li>\n
  6. Intelligent Quit \u2013 It knows about the running process, if any.<\/li>\n
  7. Vertical scrolling is convenient.<\/li>\n
  8. Freedom of use, General Public License.<\/li>\n
  9. Support for Tab based Browsing.<\/li>\n
  10. Portal \u00ad written in Python.<\/li>\n
  11. Platform \u2013 Support for GNU\/Linux Platform.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Installation of Terminator Emulator on Linux<\/h3>\n

    On most of the standard Linux Distributions, terminator 0.97 version is available in the repository, and cab be installed using\u00a0apt<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0yum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    On RHEL\/CentOS\/Fedora<\/h4>\n

    First, you need to enable\u00a0RPMForge repository<\/a>\u00a0under your system and then you install Terminator emulator using\u00a0yum<\/strong>\u00a0command as shown.<\/p>\n

    # yum install terminator<\/pre>\n
    On Debian\/Ubuntu\/Linux Mint<\/h4>\n
    On\u00a0Debian<\/strong>\u00a0based distributions, you can easily install using apt-get command as shown.<\/p>\n
    # apt\u00ad-get install terminator<\/pre>\n
    How to use Terminator<\/h3>\n
    Run the \u201cterminator<\/strong>\u201d command in the terminal to use it. Once, you fire the command you will see a screen similar to below.<\/p>\n
    \"Terminator<\/a><\/p>\n
    Terminator Terminal Window<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    Terminal Emulator Keyboard Shortcuts<\/h3>\n
    To get the most out of Terminator it is crucial to know the key-bindings to control Terminator. The default shortcut keys that I use most are shown below.<\/p>\n
      \n
    1. Split Terminal Horizontally \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \"Split<\/a><\/p>\n
      Split Terminal Windows<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        \n
      1. Split Terminal Vertically \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+E<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        \"Split<\/a><\/p>\n
        Split Terminal Vertically<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
          \n
        1. Move Parent Dragbar Right \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+Right_Arrow_key<\/strong><\/li>\n
        2. Move Parent Dragbar Left \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+Left_Arrow_key<\/strong><\/li>\n
        3. Move Parent Dragbar Up \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+Up_Arrow_key<\/strong><\/li>\n
        4. Move Parent Dragbar Down \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+Down_Arrow_key<\/strong><\/li>\n
        5. Hide\/Show Scrollbar \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+s<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          \"Hide\/Show<\/a><\/p>\n
          Hide\/Show Terminal Scrollbar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
          Note<\/strong>: Check the hidden scrollbar above, it can again be made visible using the same above key combination.<\/p>\n
            \n
          1. Search for a Keyword \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+f<\/strong><\/li>\n
          2. Move to Next Terminal \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+N or Ctrl+Tab<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
            \"Move<\/a><\/p>\n
            Move to Next Terminal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
              \n
            1. Move to the Above Terminal \u2013\u00a0Alt+Up_Arrow_Key<\/strong><\/li>\n
            2. Move to the Below Terminal \u2013\u00a0Alt+Down_Arrow_Key<\/strong><\/li>\n
            3. Move to the Left Terminal \u2013\u00a0Alt+Left_Arrow_Key<\/strong><\/li>\n
            4. Move to the Right Terminal \u2013\u00a0Alt+Right_Arrow_Key<\/strong><\/li>\n
            5. Copy a text to clipboard \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+c<\/strong><\/li>\n
            6. Paste a text from Clipboard \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+v<\/strong><\/li>\n
            7. Close the Current Terminal \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+w<\/strong><\/li>\n
            8. Quit the Terminator \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+q<\/strong><\/li>\n
            9. Toggle Between Terminals \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+x<\/strong><\/li>\n
            10. Open New Tab \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+t<\/strong><\/li>\n
            11. Move to Next Tab \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+page_Down<\/strong><\/li>\n
            12. Move to Previous Tab \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Page_up<\/strong><\/li>\n
            13. Increase Font size \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+(+)<\/strong><\/li>\n
            14. Decrease Font Size \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+(\u00ad)<\/strong><\/li>\n
            15. Reset Font Size to Original \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+0<\/strong><\/li>\n
            16. Toggle Full Screen Mode \u2013\u00a0F11<\/strong><\/li>\n
            17. Reset Terminal \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+R<\/strong><\/li>\n
            18. Reset Terminal and Clear Window \u2013\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+G<\/strong><\/li>\n
            19. Remove all the terminal grouping \u2013\u00a0Super+Shift+t<\/strong><\/li>\n
            20. Group all Terminal into one \u2013\u00a0Super+g<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
              Note<\/strong>: Super is a key with the windows logo right of left\u00a0CTRL<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
              Reference Links<\/h3>\n
              https:\/\/launchpad.net\/terminator<\/a><\/p>\n
              That\u2019s all for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
              Terminator\u00a0is a terminal emulator released under\u00a0General Public License\u00a0and is available for\u00a0GNU\/LinuxPlatform. The application program lets you use multiple splitted and resized terminals, all at once on a single screen similar to\u00a0tmux\u00a0terminal multiplexer. How it is Different Having multiple Gnome Terminal in one window in a very flexible manner is a plus for Linux nerds. Who … <\/p>\n
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