Terminal Emulator

Introduction

Introduction to Terminal – What is a terminal emulator and what makes the Xfce terminal emulator special
Getting started – Working for the first time with the Xfce Terminal emulator
Usage – Basic handling of the application
Drop-down Window – How to use a drop-down terminal window

Configuration

Preferences – Configuring the terminal emulator
Command-line Options – Parameters for starting the terminal
Advanced Topics – Hidden settings and environment variables

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts can be configured by editing your ~/.config/xfce4/terminal/accels.scm file.

If you want to disable Alt+<N> shortcuts that switch between tabs, do not comment out or delete the corresponding entries in the “accels.scm” file. Just replace the field values with blanks: “”.

Reporting Bugs

When experiencing bugs in Xfce Terminal, your way of helping things getting fixed is to report a bug about it in bugzilla. Note: For this you will need to have/create an account.

Before reporting a new bug, please always check the list of open bugreports to avoid duplicates.