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Terra Terminal Update Brings Improved Stability, New Features

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/terra">Terra</a>, a Python / GTK3 drop-down terminal emulator, has been updated today, bringing more stability as well as some new features.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Terra looks like a combination of <a href="http://guake.org/">Guake</a> and <a href="https://launchpad.net/terminator">Terminator</a> so you can get a nice Quake-like drop-down terminal with <b>terminal split views</b> (multiple terminals in one window / tab) and more. Compared to Guake, it features a lot of extra options, such as configurable terminal width, select which monitor the terminal should be displayed on and more.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX3U1il1MbYkzDp9gOauP5ocf0l_xIaaHLqlp4AyCp0F_do8SOBiGS9N_wnLIpFUDLHS0WRfB7mwNsygKxLzv258ISE5hUZd4J87EHoEJmSqTF4RhDbvRo11FV3Zqew_7L8EMrF2mJPrc/s1600/terra-terminal-emulator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Terra Terminal" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX3U1il1MbYkzDp9gOauP5ocf0l_xIaaHLqlp4AyCp0F_do8SOBiGS9N_wnLIpFUDLHS0WRfB7mwNsygKxLzv258ISE5hUZd4J87EHoEJmSqTF4RhDbvRo11FV3Zqew_7L8EMrF2mJPrc/s320/terra-terminal-emulator.png" title="Terra Terminal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />With the latest version, the application now uses libkeybinder3.0 for the keybinder library which should <b>fix many of the issues you may have encountered with keyboard shortcuts</b> in the previous releases.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest 0.1.7 version also fixes various crashes and slow opening issues and <b>re-implements the hide on lose focus feature</b>. Other changes include: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/terra/+bug/1132362">select-by-word</a> characters and change font size using Ctrl + +/-.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/terra-drop-down-terminal-emulator-with.html">previous Terra Terminal</a> article, the application has also got a feature that allows <b>switching between terminal splits using keyboard shortcuts, create / close terminal splits using keyboard shortcuts</b>, clickable links and many other minor changes. Also, Terra Terminal now remembers open tabs, including tab names, and restores them on startup. Unfortunately, there's no way to restore terminal splits yet.</div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobwgmX_kPfaeUREHLt1l_Ab-MgZgyJ0IK968WKm1uqRVatGw-_Q9hTlB2mUAxu1Ffy38pjijw1Ilce4bmUoy1xCDZSYuk58IBe6DhZy6xCs2agnZcM93RHNn6QY_8zvt9pU9CKebbjiyH/s1600/terra-terminal-keyboard-shortcuts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Terra Terminal keyboard shortcuts" border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobwgmX_kPfaeUREHLt1l_Ab-MgZgyJ0IK968WKm1uqRVatGw-_Q9hTlB2mUAxu1Ffy38pjijw1Ilce4bmUoy1xCDZSYuk58IBe6DhZy6xCs2agnZcM93RHNn6QY_8zvt9pU9CKebbjiyH/s320/terra-terminal-keyboard-shortcuts.png" title="Terra Terminal keyboard shortcuts" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terra Terminal keyboard shortcuts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><h2>Install Terra Terminal</h2><br /><b>To install Terra Terminal in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ozcanesen/terra-terminal<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install terra</code></pre>Note: the Ubuntu 12.04 32bit package has failed to build for the latest 0.1.7 version, but this should be fixed soon.<br /><br />For <b>Arch Linux</b>, you can get Terra Terminal via AUR: <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/terra-bzr/">BZR</a> or <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/terra/">stable</a>.<br /><br />There are also <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-terms/terra">Gentoo</a> packages available.<br /><br />For other Linux distributions, get the Terra Terminal source from <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/terra">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><b>If you encounter bugs, report them at <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/terra">Launchpad</a>.</b>

Terra Terminal Update Brings Improved Stability, New Features

Terra , a Python / GTK3 drop-down terminal emulator, has been updated today, bringing more stability as well as some new features. Terra loo...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Terra is a Python / GTK3 drop-down terminal emulator similar to Guake or Yakuake, which shows up from the top of the screen when you press a keyboard shortcut, like the console used in games such as Quake.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application combines some of the features available in <a href="http://guake.org/">Guake</a> and <a href="https://launchpad.net/terminator">Terminator</a>, resulting in a nice drop-down terminal emulator in which you can use <b>multiple terminals in the same window (you can split the terminal horizontally or vertically):</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_caHLbhSUCMhR87ajlIr6-w4PGb3bnLHfKyXqdmxuajnoyWbgdna3TywUbZBHhbNHRxxAq6bTEsQ-tR2CHzWn3DT4sT4bUdGrVFpcHjA-KGobmVZihbBI_H3eIJA_xdrw0QPYgt_Lkno3/s1600/terra-terminal-emulator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="terra terminal emulator" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_caHLbhSUCMhR87ajlIr6-w4PGb3bnLHfKyXqdmxuajnoyWbgdna3TywUbZBHhbNHRxxAq6bTEsQ-tR2CHzWn3DT4sT4bUdGrVFpcHjA-KGobmVZihbBI_H3eIJA_xdrw0QPYgt_Lkno3/s320/terra-terminal-emulator.png" title="terra terminal emulator" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Compared to Guake</b>, Terra also comes with some extra configuration options like:</div><ul><li>configurable window height or width</li><li>configurable horizontal and vertical alignment</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other features include initial multi-monitor support (available with the latest 0.1.5 release): you can select the monitor on which the terminal will show up, transparency support, configurable keyboard shortcuts to toggle the terminal visibility, split the terminal horizontally or vertically and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application is still pretty new so expect new features to be added soon. You might also find some small bugs - for instance, in my test under Ubuntu 13.04, the "hide on lose focus" option is greyed out so it can't be selected (I've already reported this <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/terra/+bug/1122052">bug</a>). Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/terra">Launchpad</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To use it, launch  Terra from the menu / Dash and then <b>use F12 to show / hide the terminal</b>.  The shortcut to show / hide the terminal can be changed from its  preferences - if you change it, remember to restart Terra.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To get multiple terminals in the same window, right click Terra and select  "Split vertical" or "Split horizontal"</b>. For now there's no option to save / restore the terminals layout (like in Terminator), but such a feature will probably be added in a future release.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Terra Terminal Emulator</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu Precise, Quantal and Raring users can install Terra Terminal Emulator by using its official PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ozcanesen/terra-terminal<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install terra</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Arch Linux users can install Terra via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/terra-bzr/">AUR</a>.<br /><br />For other Linux distributions, you can grab the Terra Terminal Emulator source via <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/terra">Launchpad</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/how-to-use-xfce4-terminal-06x-as-drop.htmlhttp://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/how-to-use-xfce4-terminal-06x-as-drop.html">How To Use Xfce4 Terminal 0.6.x As A Drop-Down Console (Guake-style)</a></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Yusuf Baran for the tip (I've received it a while back but I've waited for <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/terra/+bug/1086835">multi-monitor support</a> before publishing the post)!</i></div>

Terra: Drop-Down Terminal Emulator With Support For Multiple Terminals In One Window

Terra is a Python / GTK3 drop-down terminal emulator similar to Guake or Yakuake, which shows up from the top of the screen when you press a...

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