Questions tagged [xfce4-terminal]
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Copy-Paste in xfce4-terminal adds 0~ and 1~
I use xubuntu 14.04, 64 bit. Every now and then, when I try to paste some text in xfce4-terminal, instead of the expected text to be pasted, it is surrounded by 0~ and 1~, such as:
0~mvn clean install1~
The text is supposed to be mvn clean install…
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How to run xfce-terminal with different commands per tab and keep using the tabs after the commands have returned?
To keep the overview I like to place multiple commands always in the same order and start them automatically together (gradle, git, database, scala-REPL, jboss...)
-H (hold) seems to mean that the terminal isn't closed after termination, but how do…
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How to disable mouse support in terminal?
I'm asking this question while using xfce4-terminal, but I'm interested in a general solution: is there a way to stop a terminal emulator announcing mouse support in consoles? I need mouse-select and copy-paste much more frequent that I need mouse…
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How to set ctrl+c to copy, ctrl+v to paste and ctrl+shift+c to kill process in xfce4-terminal?
Hello I can't find the option to reassign shortcuts in xfce4-terminal 0.6.3. I'd like to reassign ctrl+c to copy, ctrl+v to paste and ctrl+shift+c to kill process. I know I can do that easily under gnome-terminal but since I'm using xfce I would…
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How to start the Xfce Terminal always maximized in Xfce?
I'd like to start the Xfce Terminal in Xfce always maximized. (Usually, I do that through the launcher in the panel.)
I've already done that for Emacs by means of X resources; however, xfce4-terminal doesn't read X resources.
How to make it be…
imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev
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xfce4-terminal; change default browser
No matter what I change, my xfce4-terminal will not use chrome as the browser, and keeps opening firefox windows.
tim@MushaV3 ~ $ grep 'html' ~/.config/mimeapps.list…
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How do I move move to the next workspace using command line?
I am using Manjaro Linux 18 (Arch Linux based Linux distro). I am using XFCE desktop environment. I have 8 workspaces on my computer. How do I move to the next and previous workspace using the command line?
I have Googled and found multiple apps on…
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Process killed before being launched in background
I'm using a bash script script.sh containing a command cmd, launched in background:
#!/bin/bash
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cmd &
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If I open a terminal emulator and run script.sh, cmd is properly executed in background, as expected. That is, while script.sh has ended, cmd…
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Xterm does not display one uni-code character
My xterm supports uni-code. For instance, it displays the Euro sign:
echo -e '\xe2\x82\xac'
But it does not display one particular character:
PL_BRANCH=$'\ue0a0'
echo $PL_BRANCH
This character displays properly in another terminal (terminator). I…
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xfce4-terminal annoying bottom and right border
I've just encountered an annoying visual problem - there is a pretty thick bottom and thin right border in xfce4-terminal. I guess I didn't notice it before because I was using visually non-enchanted editors before. The problem can be clearly seen…
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How to copy/paste from xfce4-terminal to another xfce4-terminal while in vim?
Copy/paste has never worked properly in all cases in GNU/Linux, for decades, and this problem is still not fixed.
I find myself with two xfce4-terminal instances, terminal A and terminal B.
Terminal A is at a bash command prompt. Terminal B is in a…
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How to programmatically change settings of xfce4-terminal?
With terminal emulators like gnome-terminal, it is possible to change settings programmatically, from the command line using dconf and gconf.
But I have trouble finding a similar mechanism for xfce4-terminal.
Specifically, how to select colors or a…
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How to make Xfce terminal run a command when it starts?
I want the Xfce terminal to run a command when it is turned on, for example print a welcome message or some system stats. I want this message to be printed only on the Xfce terminal emulator when it starts, not on some other terminal emulators. Can…
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Disable scroll inside Xfce terminal / Avoid scrolling through command history
Is there a way to disable scrolling through command history for the Xfce terminal? I don't wish to rely on palm rejection, I'd just like it disabled when I'm using the terminal. Specifically I'm talking about not cycling through previous commands at…
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How do I create a GUI application launcher for xfce4-terminal with fish but inheriting the environment variables from bash?
If I run fish from a bash prompt, it will inherit the environment variables I have set in my .bashrc and .profile files, including the important $PATH variable. So far so good.
Now, I want xfce4-terminal, my terminal emulator, to use fish instead of…
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