mate-terminal(1)

mate-terminal1

Manual page for mate terminal emulator

Overview

Usage:

mate-terminal [OPTION...]

Help Options:

-h, --help

Show help options

--help-all

Show all help options

--help-terminal

Show terminal options

--help-window-options

Show per-window options

--help-terminal-options

Show per-terminal options

--help-gtk

Show GTK+ Options

--help-sm-client

Show session management options

Options to open new windows or terminal tabs; more than one of these may be specified:

--window

Open a new window containing a tab with the default profile

--tab

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

Window options; if used before the first --window or --tab argument, sets the default for all windows:

--show-menubar

Turn on the menubar

--hide-menubar

Turn off the menubar

--maximize

Maximize the window

--full-screen

Full-screen the window

--geometry=GEOMETRY

Set the window size; for example: 80x24, or 80x24+200+200 (COLSxROWS+X+Y)

--role=ROLE

Set the window role

--icon=ICON

Set the window icon

--active

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

Terminal options; if used before the first --window or --tab argument, sets the default for all terminals:

-e, --command

Execute the argument to this option inside the terminal

-x, --execute

Execute the remainder of the command line inside the terminal

--profile=PROFILE-NAME

Use the given profile instead of the default profile

-t, --title=TITLE

Set the terminal title

--working-directory=DIRNAME

Set the working directory

--zoom=ZOOM

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

GTK+ Options

--class=CLASS

Program class as used by the window manager

--name=NAME

Program name as used by the window manager

--screen=SCREEN

X screen to use

--sync

Make X calls synchronous

--gtk-module=MODULES

Load additional GTK+ modules

--g-fatal-warnings

Make all warnings fatal

Session management options:

--sm-client-disable

Disable connection to session manager

--sm-client-state-file=FILE

Specify file containing saved configuration

--sm-client-id=ID

Specify session management ID

Application Options:

--disable-factory

Do not register with the activation nameserver, do not re-use an active terminal

--load-config=FILE

Load a terminal configuration file

--save-config=FILE

Save the terminal configuration to a file

--display=DISPLAY

X display to use

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9–13
  3. Arch

--class since Debian 9 (Stretch); --display since Debian 9 (Stretch); --execute since Debian 9 (Stretch); --full-screen since Debian 9 (Stretch); --g-fatal-warnings since Debian 9 (Stretch); --gtk-module since Debian 9 (Stretch); --help since Debian 9 (Stretch); --help-gtk since Debian 9 (Stretch); --help-sm-client since Debian 9 (Stretch); --help-terminal-options since Debian 9 (Stretch); --icon since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --load-config since Debian 9 (Stretch); --name since Debian 9 (Stretch); --profile since Debian 9 (Stretch); --save-config since Debian 9 (Stretch); --screen since Debian 9 (Stretch); --sm-client-disable since Debian 9 (Stretch); --sm-client-id since Debian 9 (Stretch); --sm-client-state-file since Debian 9 (Stretch); --sync since Debian 9 (Stretch); -h since Debian 9 (Stretch); -x since Debian 9 (Stretch).

--fullscreen until Debian 8 (Jessie); --tab-with-profile until Debian 8 (Jessie); --tab-with-profile-internal-id until Debian 8 (Jessie); --window-with-profile until Debian 8 (Jessie); --window-with-profile-internal-id until Debian 8 (Jessie).

Author

Adam Erdman <[email protected]> (2014) and Abel McClendon <[email protected]> (2014)

for the Mate Documentation Team.

From mate-terminal 1.28.3-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.