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GNOME Terminal is the standard terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment.

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GNOME Terminal is the standard terminal emulator for the desktop environment. GNOME Terminal emulates the terminal emulator and provides some of the same features. It also supports profiles.

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Terminal

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How to rename terminal tab title in gnome-terminal?

Used to be able to right click on the tab and change the title. Not sure how to do this anymore. Just upgraded to Fedora 21. EDIT: I have switched from gnome-terminal to ROXterm
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ESC key causes a small delay in terminal due to its Alt+ behavior

My terminal setup is gnome-terminal + tmux + zsh with vi bindings. In applications like vim or even in the zsh's command line vi editing mode, I need to frequently hit the ESC key but there is a small delay before the effects of this key take place.…
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Which terminal type am I using?

I have tested this with both Ubuntu 12.04 and Debian 7. When I do echo $TERM I get xterm But if I use the dropdown menu "help" > "about" then it says gnome terminal 3.4.1.1. Does this mean I am using just gnome-terminal? Or just xterm? Or is…
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How do I clear the Gnome terminal history?

When we use clear command or Ctrl+L in terminal, it clears terminal but we can still scroll back to view the last used commands. Is there a way to completely clear the terminal?
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disabling mouse support in `vim` in a `gnome-terminal` environment

Edit: The problem of an enabled mouse in vim appears to be specific to gnome-terminal (version 3.4.1.1-1; I am using gnome 3 fallback mode). If I run xterm, mouse support in vim is disabled by default, and I have the option to enable it (:set…
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search text on the terminal output

I am running an application with command $ grails run-app which prints log in terminal like below. What I want is search a particular text (say user authorities) in this log so that I can verify further. One way using Logging Apis to write in text…
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gnome-terminal: keep track of directory in new tab

I'm on Arch linux, and when I open a new terminal tab, it always goes to $HOME. How can I make it so that when I open a new tab, it opens the shell in the directory I was in previously?
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Arch Linux terminal not starting

I just installed Arch Linux following a video tutorial from youtube for the first time. However, when I try starting the GNOME terminal it won't start. It will say Terminal at the top of my screen for a couple of seconds and there will be a loading…
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terminal hang when lost connection and ssh is on

when I ssh to a server over the internet in a gnome terminal tab, if I lost internet connection, the terminal tab will be hang and not accept any input. Why is it hang? Is there some way to activate the terminal tab, i.e. make it continue running…
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Prevent SSH client passing TERM environment variable to server?

I'm currently using Fedora 18 gnome-terminal, then started tmux multiplexer in it. After I connected to a CentOS 5 server via ssh command, I find: ls result has no color tmux, screen, hexedit, htop all failed to start with error message like: open…
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Terminal - create hyperlinks

I am creating Log-Reports which are viewable through the Web-browser. Is there an easy way to make links clickable in Linux Terminal? (Gnome-Terminal) I am copying those links and manually open my web-browser to achieve that right now.
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How to export a gnome-terminal profile?

Is it possible to export a gnome-terminal profile to another computer? I create a terminal profile using edit>preferences and save it as "def". I would like to save the configuration in a file and use it another computer. I try to grep "def" within…
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Open Gnome Terminal window and execute 2 commands

I have a script which runs in the background (without terminal windows or TTY) and occasionally does something. I now want it to do another thing when it does something and it is to open a Gnome Terminal window and execute 2 commands. Actually, I…
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set gnome terminal background/text color from bash script

I would like to setup my gnome terminal's background(#002b36) and foreground color in ubuntu 13, using bash script. I tried gconftool but couldn't succeed. GCONFTOOL-2(1) User Commands …
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Terminal - copy from CLI without using mouse

While firing commands in CLI, I want to copy the command I just fired or anything I wrote in terminal and paste it somewhere else without using mouse. Like in following picture, I want to copy the update command (completely or partially) without…
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