mate-terminal (1)

mate-terminal [-e, --command=STRING] [--window-with-profile=PROFILENAME] [--tab-with-profile=PROFILENAME] [--window-with-profile-internal-id=PROFILEID] [--tab-with-profile-internal-id=PROFILEID] [--role=ROLE] [--show-menubar] [--hide-menubar] [--geometry=GEOMETRY] [--disable-factory] [-t, --title=TITLE] [--working-directory=DIRNAME] [-?, --help]

MATE Terminal is a terminal emulation application that you can use to perform the following actions:

Access a UNIX shell in the MATE environment.

A shell is a program that interprets and executes the commands that you type at a command line prompt. When you start MATE Terminal, the application starts the default shell that is specified in your system account. You can switch to a different shell at any time.

Run any application that is designed to run on VT102, VT220, and xterm terminals.

MATE Terminal emulates the xterm program developed by the X Consortium. In turn, the xterm program emulates the DEC VT102 terminal and also supports the DEC VT220 escape sequences. An escape sequence is a series of characters that starts with the Esc character.

MATE Terminal accepts all of the escape sequences that the VT102 and VT220 terminals use for functions such as positioning the cursor and clearing the screen.

-e, --command=STRING

Execute the argument to this option inside the terminal.

--window-with-profile=PROFILENAME

Open a new window containing a tab with the given profile. More than one of these options can be provided.

--tab-with-profile=PROFILENAME

Open a tab in the window with the given profile. More than one of these options can be provided, to open several tabs .

--window-with-profile-internal-id=PROFILEID

Open a new window containing a tab with the given profile ID. Used internally to save sessions.

--tab-with-profile-internal-id=PROFILEID

Open a tab in the window with the given profile ID. Used internally to save sessions.

--tab

Open a new tab in the last-opened window with the default profile.

--window

Open a new window containing a tab with the default profile.

--role=ROLE

Set the role for the last-specified window; applies to only one window; can be specified once for each window you create from the command line.

--active

Set the last specified tab as the active one in its window.

--show-menubar

Turn on the menu bar for the last-specified window; applies to only one window; can be specified once for each window you create from the command line.

--hide-menubar

Turn off the menu bar for the last-specified window; applies to only one window; can be specified once for each window you create from the command line.

--maximize

Open a new maximized terminal window.

--fullscreen

Open a new fullscreen terminal window.

--geometry=GEOMETRY

X geometry specification (see "X" man page), can be specified once per window to be opened.

--disable-factory

Do not register with the activation name server, do not re-use an active terminal.

-t, --title=TITLE

Set the terminal's title to TITLE.

--working-directory=DIRNAME

Set the terminal's working directory to DIRNAME.

--zoom=ZOOM

Set the terminal's zoom factor (1.0 = normal size)

-?, -h --help

Show help message.

--help-terminal

Print terminal options.

--help-window-options

Print window options.

--help-all

Show all help options.

Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:

http://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-terminal/issues

This manual page was originally written by for the Debian GNU/Linux system by:

Christian Marillat <[email protected]> (2013)

It has been updated for the MATE Desktop Environment by:

Adam Erdman <[email protected]> (2014)

MATE Terminal documentation can be found from the "Help" menu, or by pressing the F1 key. Further information may also be available at: http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs