Terminator is a terminal emulator released under General Public License and is available for GNU/Linux Platform. The application program lets you use multiple splitted and resized terminals, all at once on a single screen.

How it is Different

Having multiple Gnome Terminal in one window in a very flexible manner is a plus for Linux nerds.

Who Should use It

Terminator is aimed at those who normally arrange lots of terminals near each other, but don’t want to use a frame based window manager.

What are its Features

• Automatically logs of all the terminal sessions.
• Drag and Drop features for text and URLs.
• Horizontal scrolling is supported.
• Find, a function to search for any specific text within the terminal.
• Support for UTF­8.
• Intelligent Quit – It knows about the running process, if any.
• Vertical scrolling is convenient.
• Freedom of use, General Public License.
• Support for Tab based Browsing.
• Portal ­ written in Python.
• Platform – Support for GNU/Linux Platform.

Installation of Terminator Emulator on pcDuino ubuntu

On pcDuino ubuntu , terminator 0.96 version is available in the repository, and cab be installed using apt.

# apt­-get install terminator

How to use Terminator

Run the “terminator” command in the terminal to use it. Once, you fire the command you will see a screen similar to below.

Terminal Emulator Keyboard Shortcuts

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.

• Split Terminal Horizontally – Ctrl+Shift+0

• Split Terminal Vertically – Ctrl+Shift+E

• Move Parent Dragbar Right – Ctrl+Shift+Right_Arrow_key
• Move Parent Dragbar Left – Ctrl+Shift+Left_Arrow_key
• Move Parent Dragbar Up – Ctrl+Shift+Up_Arrow_key
• Move Parent Dragbar Down – Ctrl+Shift+Down_Arrow_key
• Hide/Show Scrollbar – Ctrl+Shift+s

Note: Check the hidden scrollbar above, it can again be made visible using the same above key combination.

• Search for a Keyword – Ctrl+Shift+f
• Move to Next Terminal – Ctrl+Shift+N or Ctrl+Tab
• Move to the Above Terminal – Alt+Up_Arrow_Key
• Move to the Below Terminal – Alt+Down_Arrow_Key
• Move to the Left Terminal – Alt+Left_Arrow_Key
• Move to the Right Terminal – Alt+Right_Arrow_Key
• Copy a text to clipboard – Ctrl+Shift+c
• Paste a text from Clipboard – Ctrl+Shift+v
• Close the Current Terminal – Ctrl+Shift+w
• Quit the Terminator – Ctrl+Shift+q
• Toggle Between Terminals – Ctrl+Shift+x
• Open New Tab – Ctrl+Shift+t
• Move to Next Tab – Ctrl+page_Down
• Move to Previous Tab – Ctrl+Page_up
• Increase Font size – Ctrl+(+)
• Decrease Font Size – Ctrl+(­)
• Reset Font Size to Original – Ctrl+0
• Toggle Full Screen Mode – F11
• Reset Terminal – Ctrl+Shift+R
• Reset Terminal and Clear Window – Ctrl+Shift+G
• Remove all the terminal grouping – Super+Shift+t
• Group all Terminal into one – Super+g

Note: Super is a key with the windows logo right of left CTRL.

Reference Links

https://launchpad.net/terminator