terminology (1)

terminology [options]

This is an EFL terminal emulator with some extra bells and whistles. It has many features including split terminal support, support for tabs, preview icons for files and so on...

-e, --exec <cmnd>

Specify command to execute. Defaults to $SHELL (or passwd shell or /bin/sh) When used along with -S/--split, each argument is used as a command for a split, leaving away the extra arguments. With 3 splits, one vertical, a command on the right, an horizontal split on the left with only a command on the bottom, the following arguments should be used: --split v-h-- -e command1 $SHELL command2

-d=CURRENT-DIRECTORY, --current-directory=CURRENT-DIRECTORY

Change to directory for execution of terminal command. Type: STR.

-t=THEME, --theme=THEME

Use the named edje theme or path to theme file. Type: STR.

-b=BACKGROUND, --background=BACKGROUND

Use the named file as a background wallpaper for terminology. Type: STR.

-g=GEOMETRY, --geometry=GEOMETRY

Terminal geometry to use (eg 80x24 or 80x24+50+20 etc.). Type: STR.

-n=NAME, --name=NAME

Set window name. Type: STR.

-r=ROLE, --role=ROLE

Set window role. Type: STR.

-s=vh-, --split=vh-

Terminology can start with splits opened as described below. The arguments are a string with the following characters: -s v splits terminal vertically -s h splits horizontally - defines a placeholder for a shell or a command when used with --exec/-e Examples:

                      ______
                      |  |  |

$ terminology -s v |__|__|

                      ______
                      |_____|

$ terminology -s h |_____|

                       ______
                       |__|  |

$ terminology -s vh |__|__|

                       ______
                       |  |__|

$ terminology -s v-h |__|__|

                         ______

$ terminology -s vh--h |__|__|

                  hv--v  |__|__|

Type: STR.

-T=TITLE, --title=TITLE

Set window title. Type: STR.

-i=ICON-NAME, --icon-name=ICON-NAME

Set icon name. Type: STR.

-f=FONT, --font=FONT

Set font (NAME/SIZE for scalable, NAME for bitmap. Type: STR.

-v=VIDEO-MODULE, --video-module=VIDEO-MODULE

Set emotion module to use. Choices are: auto, gstreamer, xine, generic.

-l=LOGIN, --login=LOGIN

Run the shell as a login shell. Type: BOOL.

-m=VIDEO-MUTE, --video-mute=VIDEO-MUTE

Set mute mode for video playback. Type: BOOL.

-c=CURSOR-BLINK, --cursor-blink=CURSOR-BLINK

Set cursor blink mode. Type: BOOL.

-G=VISUAL-BELL, --visual-bell=VISUAL-BELL

Set visual bell mode. Type: BOOL.

-F, --fullscreen

Go into the fullscreen mode from start.

-I, --iconic

Go into an iconic state from the start.

-B, --borderless

Become a borderless managed window.

-O, --override

Become an override-redirect window.

-M, --maximized

Become maximized from the start.

-W, --nowm

Terminology is run without a wm.

-H, --hold

Don't exit when the command process exits.

-s, --single

Force single executable if multi-instance is enabled..

-2, --256color

Set TERM to xterm-256color instead of xterm.

--active-links=ACTIVATE-LINKS

Whether to highlight links. Type: BOOL.

-V, --version

Show program version.

-C, --copyright

Show copyright.

-L, --license

Show license.

-h, --help

Show this message.

Shift+PgUp

Scroll terminology one page up

Shift+PgDn

Scroll terminology one page down

Shift+Up

Scroll terminology one line up

Shift+Down

Scroll terminology one line down

Shift+Insert

Paste Clipboard (ctrl+v/c) selection

Shift+Ctrl+Insert

Paste Primary (highlight) selection

Shift+Keypad-Plus

Font size up by one unit.

Shift+Keypad-Minus

Font size down by one unit.

Shift+Keypad-Multiply

Reset font size.

Shift+Keypad-Divide

Copy highlight to Clipboard (same as ctrl+c in gui apps).

Ctrl+PgUp

Switch focus to previous terminal inside a window (when using splits).

Ctrl+PgDn

Switch focus to next terminal inside a window (when using splits).

Ctrl+Shift+h

Toggle displaying the miniview of the history.

Ctrl+Shift+t

Create a new terminal on top of current inside window (tabs).

Ctrl+Shift+End

Close the current terminal.

Ctrl+Shift+Home

Bring up "tab" switcher.

Ctrl+Shift+PgUp

Split terminal horizontally (one terminal above the other).

Ctrl+Shift+PgDn

Split terminal vertically (one terminal to the left of the other).

Alt+Home

Enter command mode (enter commands to control terminology itself)

Alt+Return

Paste primary selection.

Alt+w

Copy selection to primary.

Ctrl+Shift+c

Copy current selection to clipboard.

Ctrl+Shift+v

Paste current clipboard selection.

Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+0

Switch to terminal tab 1 through 10

Ctrl+Alt+Equal

Increase font size. Note that it works on scalable fonts only.

Ctrl+Alt+Minus

Decrease font size. Note that it works on scalable fonts only.

Ctrl+Alt+0

Reset font to default setting saved in config.

Ctrl+Alt+9

Display big font size (10x20 bitmap, or size 20 with scalable).

Right mouse click

Bring up controls menus.

Middle mouse click

Paste highlight selection.

Left mouse click/drag

Make a selection highlight.

Ctrl + Left mouse click/drag

Make a block selection.

Wheel

Scroll up or down in history.

Ctrl + Wheel

Zoom font size up/down.

To enter command mode in terminology press Alt+Home. Currently command mode understands the following commands:

f

Reset font to default setting saved in config.

f+

Increase font size. Note that it works on scalable fonts only.

f-

Decrease font size. Note that it works on scalable fonts only.

fb

Display big font size (10x20 bitmap, or size 20 with scalable).

gNxM

Make terminal NxM chars in size (if possible). e.g. g80x48 g40x20. If just one number is provided, it will use the following shortcuts: g0=80x24; g1=80x40; g2=80x60; g3=80x80; g4=120x24; g5=120x40; g6=120x60; g7=120x80; g8=120x120

b

Reset the background (no media)

bPATH

Set the background media to an absolute file PATH

Themes can be stored in ~/.config/terminology/themes/ .

[#92;033][}][COMMAND][#92;000]

i.e.

  1.   ESC char (\033 or 0x1b)
  2.   } char
  3... sequence of UTF8 chars other than nul (\000 or 0x00).
  4    \000 char (nul byte or 0x00 to indicate end of sequence)

e.g.

  echo -n '\033}Hello world\000'

Commands:

any values inside square brackets [] are to be replaced by some content (numbers, strings, paths, url's etc.). example:

aa[PATH-OF-FILE] should be come something like:

  aa/tmp/file.png

or aa[true/false] should become something like:

  aatrue

or

  aafalse

---

pn[FULL-PATH-OR-URL]

  popup the given media file/url now

pq[FULL-PATH-OR-URL]

  quque a popup for the given media file/url

bt[FULL-PATH-OR-URL]

  set the terminal background media file/url temporarily

bp[FULL-PATH-OR-URL]

  set the terminal background media file/url permanently

at[on/true/yes/off/false/no]

  set the terminal alpha state to be on, or off temporarily

ap[on/true/yes/off/false/no]

  set the terminal alpha state to be on, or off permanently

qs

  query grid and font size. stdin will have written to it:
    W;H;FW;FH
  where W is the width of the terminal grid in characters
  where H is the height of the terminal grid in characters
  where FW is the width of 1 character cell in pixels
  where FH is the height of 1 character cell in pixels

is[CW;H;FULL-PATH-OR-URL]

  insert STRETCHED media (where image will stretch to fill the
    cell area) and define expected cell area to be W cells
    wide and H cells high, with the image/media/url.
  where C is the replace character to be identified in later
    text where W is the width in character cells (up to 511).
  where H is the height in character cells (up to 511).

  note that this escape alone has no effect. it indicates a future intention of inserting media into the terminal. the terminal will EXPECT a grid of WxH "replace characters" to follow, with each sequence of such replace characters bebung with a ib escape command and ending with an ie escape command.

  the FULL-PATH-OR-URL for all  the i commands (is,
  ic, if, it) may be of the form:

    /full/path/to/file.png

  OR

    /full/path/to/link\n/full/path/to/file.png

    where a newline character separates a URI for a link and
      a full path to a file to display in the region. the link
      is the destination URI when a user may clikc on the given
      media image.

    example:

      printf("#92;033}is#5;3;%s 00"
             "#92;033}ib######92;033}ie\\n"
             "#92;033}ib######92;033}ie\\n"
             "#92;033}ib######92;033}ie\\n", "/tmp/icon.png");

    note that # is the replace character, and later # chars if inside begin/end escapes, will be replaced by the given media indicated in the insert media escape.

ic[CW;H;FULL-PATH-OR-URL]

  insert CENTERED media (centered in cell area). otherwise
    paramaters are identical to the is command, but
    retains aspect and is padded by blank space.

if[CW;H;FULL-PATH-OR-URL]

  insert FILLED media (fill in cell area). otherwise paramaters
    are identical to the is command but ensures the entire
    area is filled like a background even if media goes beyond
    cell bounds and is clipped.

it[CW;H;FULL-PATH-OR-URL]

  insert THUMB media (thumbnail cell area). otherwise paramaters
    are identical to the is command, but uses thumbnail
    generation to make a fast to load but low resolution version
    (cached) of the media.

ib

  begin media replace sequence run

ie

  end media replace sequence run

If you find a bug or for known issues/bugs/feature requests please email [email protected] or visit the place where all the hard work is done http://phab.enlightenment.org/

Terminology was written by Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> and others. See AUTHORS file for other contributors.