Terminology: More Than A Terminal Emulator (Ubuntu Installation Instructions)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/terminology.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Terminology terminal emulator" border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7Peicd2sf2JV2UiE0MPKaZsDxbFxQfVulFMyvJyWT4Uq8A6ysAFat6Ap_iwINT2bDGvuzGmtI8AR4WK6DIiFaox8BXVIOdQ6U_tu6ziBVVN1Bas7Tkqx6JPLScihphtdQzblwZPf9JRP/s320/terminology.png" title="Terminology terminal emulator" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about/terminology">Terminology</a> is a relatively new terminal emulator written for the Enlightenment desktop, but it can be used in other desktop environments. The application comes with many cool features, some of which do not exist in any other terminal emulator.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides features that are already available in other terminal emulators such as split views support, Terminology can do a lot of things you wouldn't expect from a terminal emulator, like displaying <b>thumbnails</b> for images, videos and documents and furthermore, it also allows you to <b>preview</b> those <b>files</b> directly from Terminology.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>That's not all Terminology can do. Other features included in the latest 0.3 release:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>tabs support (although these aren't like the tabs you've seen in other applications - they look like a desktop switcher / expose); the tab switcher has live thumbnail content;</li><li>custom background support and transparency (and each tab or slip can have its own background; supported backgrounds: bitmap, scalable/vector, animated gif, videos);</li><li>text / links drag and drop;</li><li>themes for the layout and design;</li><li>URL, file path and email address detection and link-handling;</li><li>inline display of link content;</li><li>works in X11 and Wayland;</li><li>can be touch controlled;</li><li>scan scale by UI scaling factors;</li><li>can render using OpenGL or OpenGL-ES2;</li><li>block text selection;</li><li>cool visual bell that can be themed;</li><li>comes with a few built-in color schemes, including the popular Solarized light / dark;</li><li>more!</li></ul><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="http://img.netupd8.com/terminology-tabs.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Terminology terminal emulator" border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaoLotbQlF9LZG03PPwDK-OzYR8iLAbaPmS6W3vY2v5VdNa6XZgNza7oyAGMS2oE1cEGfX1XqIgJPMieU2Si6dT0c_JO8TcuGvv93RI9oeISEOBqILFlY2gQ0-qq__JduuA77MuoYTtocN/s320/terminology-tabs.png" title="Terminology terminal emulator" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terminology "tabs"</td></tr></tbody></table><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="http://img.netupd8.com/terminology-preview.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Terminology terminal emulator" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJthNK2BebV9ed0KE40jEN6PrPcUdzIEwGAOV-gVSp_5fq_FFgJcwITSEDbVNC5pjEn337KTUVSJ0FZloYkLptyWFbBn2f0x59FV5BVWS7SXVNz3JBGWCgaWchet24coiooxFPhq1zEof/s320/terminology-preview.png" title="Terminology terminal emulator" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Previewing a video file</td></tr></tbody></table><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="http://img.netupd8.com/terminology-preview-tycat.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Terminology terminal emulator" border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgJZ8uANrG4y4lhMP4EplDi3aizwLHuHT0NSeiwHlviY1czvotL_E01sfHeMsv3GqCikl0xG_deW8oes5Bt_ZowSEb43QAli3RJ8iFD9Yormr5ebwoaWicWLkyCpu1quJkPhqMDNzt642/s320/terminology-preview-tycat.png" title="Terminology terminal emulator" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"tycat" command allows previewing files</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can watch a video recorded by the Terminology developer, demoing the application (unfortunately, the resolution isn't great but it should be enough to get an idea on what Terminology can do):</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ibPziLRGvkg" width="420"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPziLRGvkg">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Using Terminology</h2><br />Here are a few Terminology usage tips:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> To set a background image use "<i>tybg image.jpg</i>" (where "image.jpg" is the image you want to use). The background can be a jpg, png and you can even use animated backgrounds, such as videos for instance. To reset the background, use: tybg ""</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> To get a list of files with thumbnails, use "<i>tyls -m</i>". Please note that in my test under Ubuntu, the thumbnails only showed up for some image files, probably because of some missing dependency. Clicking on the thumbnail opens the Terminology external file previewer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> To preview a file, besides clicking on the thumbnail as stated above, you can also use "<i>find /path/to/some/folder</i>", etc., for example "<i>find ~/Videos</i>", and then click on the file - the full path is required so this won't work for "ls" for instance. You can also use "typop file".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can also preview a file in the terminal by using "tycat file".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4.</b> To switch between tabs, use Ctrl + PageUp / PageDown. These keyboard shortcuts are hardcoded for now so you can't change them.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Terminology in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Terminology is included by default in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/minimalistic-e17-linux-distribution.html">Bodhi Linux</a> (which is based on Ubuntu) so if you're running Bodhi, it should already be installed.<b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install the latest Terminology in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04, you can use the PPA below</b> which provides daily builds for E17, EFL and some apps:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hannes-janetzek/enlightenment-svn<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install terminology</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can also use the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries <a href="https://launchpad.net/~efl/+archive/trunk">stable PPA</a>, but currently this PPA provides Terminology 0.2 (the latest being 0.3).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Terminology via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/terminology/">AUR</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, get Terminology from <a href="http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about/terminology">HERE</a>.</b></div>

Terminology: More Than A Terminal Emulator (Ubuntu Installation Instructions)

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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>

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

<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

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How To Use Xfce4 Terminal 0.6.x As A Drop-Down Console (Guake-style)

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xfce4-terminal-xfce.png" rel="image_group" title="Xfce4 Terminal drop-down running in Xfce"><img alt="Xfce4 Terminal drop-down running in Xfce" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xfce4-terminal-xfce_thumb.png" /></a></div><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://docs.xfce.org/apps/terminal/start">Xfce4 Terminal</a></b> has been updated recently, two new versions being released: 0.6.0 and 0.6.1, and many <b>new features were added, including an option to use the terminal as a drop-down console, like Guake or Yakuake</b>. But this new feature isn't available as an option in the Xfce4 Terminal preferences, so here's how to use it.</div><br /><b>Among the new features added in the latest Xfce4 Terminal 0.6.x, are:</b><br /><ul><li>Added search dialog;</li><li>Terminal tab color changes when activity occurs in a tab since last viewed;</li><li>Support for color presets and some presets were added by default, including "Solarized Dark", my favourite terminal / text editor color scheme that I've been using everywhere for a long time (see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/solarized-must-have-color-paletter-for.html">Solarized: A Must Have Color Scheme For Gnome Terminal, Vim, Gedit And Lots More</a>)</li><li>Drop-down window support when using "--drop-down" parameter</li></ul><br /><a name='more'></a>Changelogs: <a href="http://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce-announce/2012-December/000240.html">0.6.0</a>, <a href="http://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce-announce/2013-January/000242.html">0.6.1</a><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Xfce Terminal 0.6.x in Ubuntu / Xubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before installing Xfce4 Terminal, please note that installing it in desktop environments other than Xfce will also install some Xfce packages.</div><br /><b>To install Xfce 4 Terminal 0.6.x in Ubuntu / Xubuntu 12.04, firstly add the Xfce 4.10 PPA and do an upgrade:</b> <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/install-xfce-410-in-xubuntu-1204.html">Install Xfce 4.10 In Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Via PPA</a>. This isn't required for Ubuntu 12.10.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Now, to install Xfce4 Terminal 0.6.x in Ubuntu / Xubuntu 12.04 or 12.10, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install xfce4-terminal</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">(you may also want to run an upgrade to get the other Xfce 4.12 development packages from the Xfce 4.12 PPA if you haven't already)</div><br />For other Linux distributions, you can download the latest Xfce4 Terminal 0.6.x source from <a href="http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/xfce4-terminal">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to use the Xfce4 Terminal drop-down feature</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use Xfce4 Terminal as a drop-down window, make sure you're running version 0.6.1 or newer. The terminal doesn't have a GUI option to run as a drop-down (it can only be used as a drop-down terminal by using the "--drop-down" command line parameter), so you must set a keyboard shortcut in your desktop environment to call "xfce4-terminal --drop-down":</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xfce4-terminal-shortcut-xfce.png" rel="image_group" title="Xfce4 Terminal drop-down keyboard shortcut settings in Xfce"><img alt="Xfce4 Terminal drop-down keyboard shortcut Xfce" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xfce4-terminal-shortcut-xfce_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <b>in Xfce</b>: open <i>Settings Manager > Keyboard > Application shortcuts</i>, click "Add" and add the "<i>xfce4-terminal --drop-down</i>" command, then a dialog will pop-up - now press the keyboard shortcut you want to use to open the drop-down terminal (I've used F12).</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xfce4-terminal-shortcut-gnome.png" rel="image_group" title="Xfce4 Terminal drop-down keyboard shortcut settings in GNOME / Unity"><img alt="Xfce4 Terminal drop-down keyboard shortcut in GNOME / Unity" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xfce4-terminal-shortcut-gnome_thumb.png" /></a></div><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- in GNOME (including Unity)</b>: open <i>System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts</i>, under "Custom Shortcuts" click "+" to add a new shortcut, under "Name" enter "Xfce4 Terminal" and under command, use: "<i>xfce4-terminal --drop-down</i>". Then click the shortcut on the right to add a keyboard shortcut and press the key you want to use for triggering the drop-down terminal (I've used F12).<br /><br />This also means you don't have to add the terminal to your startup applications and instead, the application will start the first time you use the keyboard shortcut you've assigned using the instructions above. </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, press the keyboard shortcut you've used to open the terminal. Even though initially Xfce4 Terminal doesn't have any custom drop-down settings, now that you're using it as a drop-down terminal,<b> a new tab called "Drop-down" should show up in its preferences</b>, which allows you to tweak the way the drop-down works. </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xfce4-terminal-dropdown-unity.png" rel="image_group" title="Xfce4 Terminal drop-down running in Unity"><img alt="Xfce4 Terminal drop-down running in Unity" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xfce4-terminal-dropdown-unity_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here, if you use Unity (maybe on other DEs too) make sure you uncheck "Use shortcut to focus visible window" so the terminal closes when you press the keyboard shortcut you've set above. Without this, the terminal will only close/retract when it loses focus (unless you select "Keep window open when it loses focus" in which case it won't close when focus is lost) in Unity, although this doesn't occur in Xfce (so you don't have to check this option in Xfce for this purpose).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the Xfce4 Terminal preferences you can <b>customize</b> a lot of the drop-down terminal settings, including the <b>window width, height, opacity, the duration, horizontal position and so on</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There's also a button on the bottom right of the terminal that you can use to quickly toggle "Keep window open when it loses focus" on / off.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Xfce4 Terminal supports multiple screens</b> so if you select to display the terminal in the center (top center) of the screen, it won't show up on both screens in a dual screen setup, but <b>on the center of the active monitor</b>, something that you can't do with Guake for instance. <b>If you only want it to show up on the main monitor,</b> uncheck the "Move to monitor with pointer" option in the Xfce4 Terminal preferences (Drop-down tab).</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Xfce4 Terminal drop-down feature seen on <a href="http://blog.desdelinux.net/un-vistazo-a-lo-que-vendra-en-xfce-4-12/">desdelinux.net</a> & <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/01/le-novita-del-nuovo-xfce-412.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

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Undistract-me Notifies You When Terminal Commands Are Completed

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://mumak.net/undistract-me/">Undistract-me</a> is a simple tool that notifies you when a command you run in a terminal which takes longer than ten seconds to finish is done.</b><br /><br />Besides letting you know that the command has finished running, the notifications sent by Undistract-me display the command you ran (useful if you run multiple commands in the same time) and the number of seconds it took for the command to finish.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This can be useful e.g. when you start to compile something and then you switch to some other window to read your emails or whatever and get distracted and forget about the command you ran: Undistract-me displays a notification when the command / job you ran in the terminal is done so you can go back to the terminal and see the final result, etc.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2nYO-hTGWx-ChFvdvnCSbc_as0GBpgZ5gmRbxO-F6CthLp3shOJtgAM96Iq-Jqc47uRkuL9FIwOiqyzjVYqPx5LVE3eoJi0C21h4W0LoYQhtXIgUatoh0Y7qKSoJfmW8cPQRt3X_e3j_/s1600/undistract-me-notification-update.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="command completed notification" border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2nYO-hTGWx-ChFvdvnCSbc_as0GBpgZ5gmRbxO-F6CthLp3shOJtgAM96Iq-Jqc47uRkuL9FIwOiqyzjVYqPx5LVE3eoJi0C21h4W0LoYQhtXIgUatoh0Y7qKSoJfmW8cPQRt3X_e3j_/s320/undistract-me-notification-update.png" title="command completed notification" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>There is another way of doing this: using an "alert"</b>, about which we've <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/get-notified-when-job-you-run-in.html" title="Get Notified When A Job You Run In A Terminal Is Done, Using NotifyOSD [Ubuntu]">written a while back</a> (or a simple notify-send command added after the actual command you want to run) - which by the way is now available by default in Ubuntu, simply use "some command; alert". <b>However, using the "alert" alias, you must add "alert" at the end of each command you want to be notified for and you may forget to do this sometimes</b>, while using Undistract-me, this is not required and any command that takes more than 10 seconds to complete will trigger a notification.<br /><br /><b>Undistract-me only works with Bash (default in Ubuntu) and should display notifications on any desktop environment</b> - here's a GNOME Shell screenshot:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVepC2hZXZ5iFBcyzt8QXKOP7O9WMSRkRycYjR-k1prCftRs7TnOB_TU2-dmHgpRkgkD6kiO_YoHTiaKwiRx01wM2Otwlv4psmXxOWOxmSzKnLBUzzSJdzmELRgmFlAad6KFps8ZBs7fI/s1600/undistract-me-gs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="undistract-me notification GNOME Shell" border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVepC2hZXZ5iFBcyzt8QXKOP7O9WMSRkRycYjR-k1prCftRs7TnOB_TU2-dmHgpRkgkD6kiO_YoHTiaKwiRx01wM2Otwlv4psmXxOWOxmSzKnLBUzzSJdzmELRgmFlAad6KFps8ZBs7fI/s320/undistract-me-gs.png" title="undistract-me notification GNOME Shell" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>By default, Undistract-me notifies you when any command that takes longer than 10 seconds to complete is done, </b>so you don't get flooded with notifications for simple commands like "ls" or "cd",<b> but you can change this: </b>edit the <i>/usr/share/undistract-me/long-running.bash</i> file as root and changing the "LONG_RUNNING_COMMAND_TIMEOUT=" variable value from 10 to whatever you want.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Update: in a later release, Undistract-me  has added a "LONG_RUNNING_COMMAND_CUSTOM" variable which you can use to send a command other than "notify-send". Also, <b>the notifications are now displayed only if the window isn't active.</b></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Undistract-me in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVMPF6Jz3vhX0Xi6-6EnaKGGBzE1KipY_EDYMSGM7a8zLFhjngEmFUcx2X6Qf7Ph3EVSj8VJnIlNU0hn_L4wmYXTk3A2VzfNn7Odv-tTgPQmcXJydDm8VIVujW31OhnRwxnSxxzCSUQI_/s1600/undistract-me-notification-make.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="terminal command completed notification" border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVMPF6Jz3vhX0Xi6-6EnaKGGBzE1KipY_EDYMSGM7a8zLFhjngEmFUcx2X6Qf7Ph3EVSj8VJnIlNU0hn_L4wmYXTk3A2VzfNn7Odv-tTgPQmcXJydDm8VIVujW31OhnRwxnSxxzCSUQI_/s320/undistract-me-notification-make.png" title="terminal command completed notification" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Undistract-me is available in the official Ubuntu 13.04 repositories so to install it, simply search for it in Ubuntu Software Center or install "undistract-me" via command line.<br /><br /><b>To install Undistract-me in Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:undistract-me-packagers/daily<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install undistract-me</code></pre><br />Arch Linux users can get Undistract-me via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/undistract-me-bzr/">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions, you can grab Undistract-me from <a href="https://launchpad.net/undistract-me">Launchpad</a> (instructions <a href="http://mumak.net/undistract-me/">HERE</a>).</div><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To get Undistract-me to work, you must enable "Run command as a login shell"</b> so open the terminal you're using and:</div><ul><li>for GNOME Terminal: select <i>Edit > Profile Preferences</i> and on the Title and Command tab, check the "Run command as login shell;</li><li>for Guake Terminal, right click in a terminal, select "Preferences" and on the General tab, check the "Run command as a login shell" box.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmtBEdI_enClass2hYWGr6EiiDfifyh2Iet8xsyi3Zedvxc2xUVZ-emY5W4o9kYzZJ1kjCnsNMLo_bAyj9LPJAR_RWJeasJbAwEcqCaAdksibyA0xUMY2M5CkdVFuPWpRt00tm9jCnENr/s1600/run-command-login-shell.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="terminal Run command as a login shell" border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmtBEdI_enClass2hYWGr6EiiDfifyh2Iet8xsyi3Zedvxc2xUVZ-emY5W4o9kYzZJ1kjCnsNMLo_bAyj9LPJAR_RWJeasJbAwEcqCaAdksibyA0xUMY2M5CkdVFuPWpRt00tm9jCnENr/s320/run-command-login-shell.png" title="terminal Run command as a login shell" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're using a different terminal, look through its preferences for the "Run command as a login shell" option and make sure it's checked.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once you do this, restart the terminal </b>(make sure you close all open terminal windows)<b> and you're done. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to test it, run a command that takes longer than 10 seconds to complete or you can simply run "sleep 11" in a terminal and in 11 seconds, you should get a notification like the ones you can see in the two screenshots in this article.</div><br />Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/undistract-me">Launchpad</a>.

Undistract-me Notifies You When Terminal Commands Are Completed

Undistract-me is a simple tool that notifies you when a command you run in a terminal which takes longer than ten seconds to finish is done...

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