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- | ====== Advanced Topics ====== | ||
- | ===== Files and Environment Variables ===== | ||
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- | Terminal uses the Basedir Specification as defined on [[http:// | ||
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- | ? ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME} | ||
- | ! The first base directory to look for configuration files. By default this is set to '' | ||
- | ? ${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS} | ||
- | ! A colon separated list of base directories that contain configuration data. By default the application will look in '' | ||
- | ? ${XDG_DATA_HOME} | ||
- | ! The root for all user-specific data files. By default this is set to '' | ||
- | ? ${XDG_DATA_DIRS} | ||
- | ! A set of preference ordered base directories relative to which data files should be searched in addition to the '' | ||
- | ? ${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}/ | ||
- | ! This is the location of the configuration file that includes the preferences which control the look and feel of Terminal. | ||
- | ? ${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}/ | ||
- | ! Menu accelerator map. | ||
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- | ===== Hidden options ===== | ||
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- | Terminal offers a few hidden options to allow power users to control various advanced settings and to reduce the number of options in the user interface. To set any of these options, you will have to open the file '' | ||
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- | [Configuration] | ||
- | MiscAlwaysShowTabs=TRUE | ||
- | MiscBell=TRUE | ||
- | MiscConfirmClose=FALSE | ||
- | MiscCursorBlinks=TRUE | ||
- | MiscCursorShape=TERMINAL_CURSOR_SHAPE_BLOCK | ||
- | MiscCycleTabs=FALSE | ||
- | MiscInheritGeometry=TRUE | ||
- | MiscMouseAutohide=FALSE | ||
- | MiscTabCloseButtons=TRUE | ||
- | MiscTabCloseMiddleClick=TRUE | ||
- | MiscTabPosition=GTK_POS_TOP | ||
- | MiscHighlightUrls=TRUE | ||
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- | plus all the options that are controlled through the preferences dialog. | ||
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- | ? MiscAlwaysShowTabs | ||
- | ! If '' | ||
- | ? MiscBell | ||
- | ! Enables ('' | ||
- | ? MiscConfirmClose | ||
- | ! Controls whether Terminal popups a confirmation dialog when the user tries to close a terminal window with multiple tabs in it. Can be either '' | ||
- | ? MiscCursorBlinks | ||
- | ! Enable this option to display a cursor that blinks. Can be either '' | ||
- | ? MiscCursorShape | ||
- | ! Specifies the shape of the cursor in the terminal. This can be either '' | ||
- | ? MiscCycleTabs | ||
- | ! This option controls whether you can circulate through terminal tabs. That is, whether you are able to go from the last tab to the first tab using the {gui> | ||
- | ? MiscDefaultGeometry | ||
- | ! The default geometry for new Terminal windows if no --geometry=geometry option is specified on the command line (defaults to '' | ||
- | ? MiscInheritGeometry | ||
- | ! This setting controls whether new windows will inherit the geometry (width and height of the active tab) from its parent window (the window from which the new window was opened). Can be either '' | ||
- | ? MiscMouseAutohide | ||
- | ! This setting controls whether Terminal will hide the mouse cursor while you are typing in a terminal window. Can be either '' | ||
- | ? MiscTabCloseButtons | ||
- | ! This setting controls whether Terminal provides a close button with the terminal tab title. Can be either '' | ||
- | ? MiscTabCloseMiddleClick | ||
- | ! This setting controls whether Terminal will close a terminal tab when the user middle-clicks the tab title. Can be either '' | ||
- | ? MiscTabPosition | ||
- | ! Specifies the position where the tab headers should be displayed. This can be either '' | ||
- | ? MiscHighlightUrls | ||
- | ! This setting controls whether URLs -- both hyperlinks and email addresses -- will be highlighted in the text displayed in a terminal window. If you change this option to '' |